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Business owner objects to removal of Gazebo cameras Councilman Egger says not government’s role to keep citizens safe

Councilman Bebhinn Egger reacts to Menefee’s statement regarding the removal of the cameras at the Gazebo area

Main Street’s Down Home Comfort Bakery owner Keith Menefee speaks in front of the council

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Main Street who had questions and concerns as to why this decision was made.

“There are several issues as to why I want the cameras removed. The main issue being a liberty issue. This makes me think of the quote, I believe from Benjamin Franklin, ‘those who would give up their liberty for security deserve neither,’” said Egger at the December 14 meeting regarding the cameras at the gazebo area.

“I think that is what we have done in this instance,” she continued, “I think it is important to remember that this is our town square, the heart, so to speak, of the town. I think it is important that it belongs to all 15,000 town citizens; it belongs

When the Front Royal Town Council adjourned their last meeting of 2015 on December 14, they voted 4-2 to take down the cameras at the

gazebo area on Main Street.

This measure was proposed and championed by Councilwoman Bébhinn Egger in earlier council work sessions. Not surprisingly, at the beginning of 2016, there were citizens and business owners along

to all of us. I don’t think that we as a town government we should be surveying innocent town citizens who want to go and play with their kids, or hear a concert or drink their coffee or whatever it is that they enjoying doing. I think it is important that we don’t infringe upon that.”

She noted that she could not find in the records or by talking to council members past and present the reason for putting the cameras up. Egger referenced a list of crimes presented by the police department outlining where the cameras may have helped in solving the crimes in question, but when specifics of the individual crimes were examined, most of them had been solved with the assistance

of privately owned and operated cameras and not those owned by the town.

At the end of the discussion period, the measure passed with a 4-2 vote.

Vice Mayor Hollis Tharpe and Councilman Eugene Tewalt voted against the removal of the cameras.

At the first council meeting of 2016, on Jan. 11, one business owner spoke to the council about the removal of the cameras.

Keith Menefee, owner of Main Street’s Down Home Comfort Bakery, began his comments by thanking the council and mayor for hosting what he called Front Royal’s “first First Night Out.” “I see a great resurgence coming for the downtown Front Royal, with the festivals, the movie night, and the dancing downtown. My concern tonight is about the removal of the cameras at the Gazebo area.

I think this is going to be detrimental to the resurgence and growth of downtown. I believe it should be addressed again. Reconsider putting them back up. I think they should actually have a sign that reads, ‘The town of Front Royal cares about the safety and concerns of its citizens and tourists alike so we put up cameras for your security’. One of the factors that really bothers me about the cameras being taken down is that a lot of the businesses downtown are owned by absentee landlords. There See CAMERAS,

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Page • Warren & Frederick County Report • Late January, 2016 CAMERAS, from is low rent housing on Main Street, they do not have long term leasing, and they don’t do background checks. These people don’t have a vested interest in the downtown area like the business owners do. What happens down there is they will loiter down there and conduct illegal activities. God forbid something happens to one of our citizens such as child being snatched up coming from one of the stores. Or a member of our elderly gets mugged because you the council, have decided to take the cameras down. In today’s world we have cameras everywhere. In every parking lot, convenience store and all the smart phones, including satellites that can take pictures of your license plates I don’t think privacy is a factor in this. I ask that you remember that if something does happens it is going to get into the paper, the press and all the effort and hard work we have put into downtown Front Royal will be gone. People are going to see that we don’t take care of our citizens. They are not going to come down to enjoy our restaurants and festivals. It is go-

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ing to become a ghost town. I also ask that you look at this as that the safety and security of many outweigh the paranoia of just the few,” Menefee said.

During the inquiries from council members, Egger addressed some of the concerns raised by Menefee and other members of the community who reached out to her by e-mail.

“Unfortunately a lot of the misunderstanding comes because of the article that was in the Northern Virginia Daily (NVD). If my recollection serves me correctly the reporter from the NVD was not even at our meeting and it was written even before the video was posted online. I’ve also received statements from the public that this is not a privacy issue and I agree, in fact, the word privacy doesn’t even come out of my mouth.

I don’t think it was mentioned at all when it was discussed up here at the last meeting. My reason for bringing it up was because I believe it goes beyond the scope of what a local government should be doing. Because if we follow that to its logical conclusion we would have to be putting up cameras absolutely everywhere that a crime might possibly take place.

“I think it is important to remem-

Read full issues FREE on www.WarrenCountyVA.com & www.FrederickCounty.com ber that it is not the job of the local government to keep bad things from happening to people. We have our police department to investigate crimes that do happen. It is not an expectation of the government to keep people safe,” she asserted.

At this point, a look of complete disbelief crossed the face of Mayor Timothy Darr as he glanced at Egger.

“I would also like to remind people that cameras do not keep people safe.

An old lady might still get mugged even if there was a camera up on the gazebo. Those were the main reasons I brought this before council. We also had information from the police department that helped in making the decision to remove the cameras. From what I saw that the police department presented, there hadn’t been any strong evidence the cameras had helped in any way, and that there was not a major shift in crime rates with the cameras there – they were not deterring crime and there were not major things that were caught on the camera,” she said in closing.

Councilman John Connolly weighed in as well.

“As someone who voted in favor of the removal of the cameras, everyone

has a different perspective on this and mine is certainly quite different from Councilman Egger’s. While I am appreciative to the principle that everybody is innocent until proven guilty, as opposed to the maxim if you have nothing to fear you have nothing to hide, I appreciate that, but this is not to me a cut and dry slippery slope issue. This is a camera that was put in place as a deterrent and I am not convinced by the evidence that it was an effective deterrent as issues continue to happen in the area of the gazebo. I don’t consider this problem to be complete or that this is done.

I don’t think that we have actually

solved anything. My proposal at the last meeting of 2015 was to close that area after eleven o’clock at night because I think issues are going to continue down there. I don’t think we are done with this and I would like to see council consider options moving that will work for the community, yes to keep everyone safe, to make it as safe as possible down there. The problem for me is the ongoing problem of keeping the property of the town safe and protected with the problem of vandalism. I would like to see more done to help eliminate that,” he said.

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Partisan gridlock in Washington, the two parties at each other’s throats.

The economy wracked by disruptive new technologies and jostled by rising foreign competition. A growing concern that the divide between the rich and poor is growing.

If that sounds like America today, it was actually where the country stood during the election of 1896, only things were worse. There had been five presidential elections in a row where no one received 50% of the vote. In two of them, the winner in the Electoral College lost the popular vote – and one of those contests involved a five-month dispute about the outcome in Florida.

For 20 out of 24 years, the government was divided with one party holding the White House and the other controlling one or both houses of Congress. The result was stalemate on the major issues of the day.

The economic divide was made worse by the lingering effects of the Civil War, which had a major impact on American politics, especially in the South where powerful myths were woven to justify secession and slavery and explain away defeat as the result of Northern barbarity and material advantage.

Southern resentment of the North was exacerbated by the differences in economic modernization between the regions. The North ended the war with its manufacturing base intact while the South saw most its factories and much of its agricultural production disrupted. The economic

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disparity only increased as the economic growth in the North and Midwest outstripped that in the South in the decades after the Civil War. At the time, many Southern farmers were forced to participate in the crop lien scheme where local “furnishing merchants” supplied them with necessities in return for title to their crops. At “settlin’ time” when the harvest came in, the farmers’ debts routinely exceed the value of their crops, making them “another day old and deeper in debt.”

In 1896, both Democratic and Republican candidates addressed these economic concerns. William Jennings Bryan, the 36-year old Democratic nominee, lashed the Northern Money Power, Wall Street and the foreign financial houses on which the U.S., a developing country, relied for investment. His was a negative campaign which deliberately pitted class again class and region against region, with Bryan calling the industrial East “the enemy’s country.”

By contrast, his opponent, Republican William McKinley, deliberately struck a note of national reconciliation, saying that Americans were in this together. The fortunes of labor and capital were inexorably tied.

This led McKinley to emphasize both economic and national unity.

One way the McKinley campaign showcased these appeals was to do something that no Republican presidential candidate had done since the end of the Civil War: meet with a group of ex-Confederates.

On the afternoon of October 9, two large trainloads arrived in Canton, Ohio, McKinley’s hometown, disgorging thousands of men, many in butternut or grey uniforms, along with their families. These were Confederate veterans, mostly from

Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, where McKinley had fought at first as an enlisted man and then, after battlefield promotions for valor, as an officer with the 23rd Ohio. Rev. Abram P. Funkhouser of Harrisonburg, Virginia, had organized the Southerners.

The former rebels were met at the depot by a mounted honor escort, a Grand Army of the Republic band and several hundred Union veterans in their blue wartime uniforms. The wives of the GAR members presented the Southerners an elaborate silk banner to mark the visit. Then with the band blaring and American flags flying, the Southerners marched to the Tabernacle, a local meeting hall, where Canton women served lunch to the men and their families as they waited for one more trainload of their comrades to arrive.

Each ex-Confederate was given a knife from Canton’s Novelty Cutlery Co. engraved with the American flag, McKinley’s portrait and the words, “No East, No West, No North, No South, the Union Forever.” There were matching badges, with ribbons half blue and half grey, topped with a red, white and blue rosette, and bearing a similar sentiment with a medallion featuring portraits of McKinley and his running mate, Garrett Hobart.

By 4:30 P.M., the final train had arrived and Southern men gathered in the Stark County Courthouse Square behind their new banner that read “United We Stand.” The reverse displayed an American eagle resting on a shield with the words, “Presented to the ex-Confederate Veterans of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, by the ex-Union Veterans of Canton, Ohio.” They were joined by groups of Union veterans and Northern and Southern units mingled together, the

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men formed up behind bands and flag bearers and then marched up North Market Street. The sidewalks were packed with cheering spectators, standing under billowing flags and patriotic bunting. Many people were weeping as former battlefield adversaries marched together in a display of national unity. The march ended at a stage built on McKinley’s lawn; a crowd jammed the intersection to witness the historic moment.

McKinley was moved by the presence of men he may have faced in battle. His remarks were deeply personal. “Patriotism is not bound

by State, or class, or sectional lines,” he told the Southerners, “we are a reunited country. We have but one flag…Sectionalism was surrendered at Appomattox.”

His campaign stood for “Country first, Country last and Country with stainless honor.”

McKinley noted this was the first time a Republican presidential candidate had met with ex-Confederates and urged veterans North and South to support “the enthronement of justice and the supremacy of law.”

The crowd cheered what was an intensely emotional moment, both for McKinley and the former combatants. Speeches over, the Southern men filed across the porch to shake the Republican Presidential candidate’s hand before returning to the Tabernacle for dinner. The Confederate veteran bands offered a concert in the Courthouse Square before their trains left for Virginia at midnight.

It is hard now from a distance of nearly 120 years to understand what a powerful moment this had been.

America had not seen the like of it since Lee surrendered to Grant 31 years before. And that McKinley – who had enlisted as a private at age 18 to answer Lincoln’s call to save the Union and then fought through to the war’s conclusion, ending the conflict as a major – had caused such an event to happen spoke volumes about his character and purpose.

Four weeks later, McKinley was elected the 25th president of the United States with the largest popular margin since Grant’s reelection in 1872. And while the divide between North and South was not erased, sectional tensions eased, the bitterness of the war receded and nearly four decades of Republican dominance followed. Such was the result of a remarkable campaign in which one candidate sought to bring the country together while another was willing to tear it apart to win.

Mr. Rove, a former deputy chief of staff for President George W. Bush, helped organize the political-action committee American Crossroads. He is the author of “The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters.”

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High school wrestlers stand alone No sport requires all the different disciplines the way wrestling does, says high school coach

John Borst of Sherando, a state champion last season at 170 pounds, is rolling toward another title at 182

By Mario Orlikoff Warren & Frederick County Report The high school wrestler. He stands alone.

He stands alone on the mat as the referee holds up his hand after a hardearned victory. He stands alone, head bowed, after a tough loss.

He stands alone on the bathroom scale at home on Thanksgiving and Christmas, actually holding the food he plans to eat in that constant struggle to stay under a weight class limit.

He stands alone in the high school locker room, an hour before the first bell rings, having already worked out and showered.

The high school wrestler. He stands alone as the ultimate example of the student-athlete - tough, passionate, dedicated, smart, and strong beyond words. “Football may be more physical,� said Sherando High School wrestling coach Pepper Martin, now in his 23rd year in that position. “Basketball may be more athletic.

Baseball may be more mental. But no sport requires all of them the way wrestling does. It demands a lot of

different disciplines.� “People need to understand that this requires a commitment,� said Scott Mankins, Millbrook High School’s coordinator of student activities. “This isn’t something you pick up and do as a hobby.� “I’m a little biased, but it’s the greatest sport in the world,� said Millbrook wrestling coach Jeff Holmes.

FIGHT IT OUT People can debate whether wrestling is indeed the greatest sport in the world. But there is little to no debate about wrestling being the oldest sport in the world. It was the centerpiece of the first Olympics in 776 B.C. Wrestling is the only sport mentioned in The Bible. Football, basketball, baseball and other sports popular with the masses today are babies compared to wrestling.

According to the Wrestling Hall of Fame and many other sources, a document was found in the late 1800s in Egypt by a couple of graduate students from Oxford University in England. It was found in a region southwest of Cairo that had been fa-

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vored by Greek colonists. Written in Greek on an 18-inch-wide fragment of papyrus and dated between 100 and 200 A.D., the translated instructions included: “Stand to the side of your opponent and with your right arm take a headlock and fight it out. “You underhook with your right arm. You wrap your arm around his, where he has taken the underhook, and attack the side with your left foot. You push away with your left hand. You force the hold and fight it out.� “You stand up to his side, attack with your foot and fight it out.�

Some 2,000 years later, many of those same, classic moves were on display inside the Millbrook High School gym on a freezing January night. Martin and his Sherando wrestlers took on Holmes and his Millbrook crew. It was senior night at Millbrook. Sherando won the match, 39-30, but both teams lived up to the ancient mantra: fight it out.

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On the other side, the Pioneer wrestlers and coaches dealt with the defeat. Even as they showed respect for their opponent, they remained proud and even defiant. “Sherando’s a tough team,� Holmes said after the match. “I think we were real gritty. I’ve been a little bit disappointed the last few weeks about our toughness and grittiness and we’ve worked really hard in practice this week and really focused on that. And the guys performed. When you perform the way you want to perform, it’s tough when you lose, but I’m happy with the way our guys wrestled most of the time. We just fell a little short in a couple of matches.�

Pioneers senior Elijah Doyle came through for Holmes at 220 pounds with a pin as his mother, Sunshine, cheered and fretted from the bleachers. “What, was I too loud?� asked Sunshine when she was approached for some comments. Assured that she

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Sherando junior John Borst, who won the state championship last season at 170 pounds and will be vying for the title at 182 this season, wrestled up in weight at 195 against Millbrook and came through with a pin and six crucial points on the scoreboard as the Warriors improved to 18-1 for the season. After the match, when Borst talked about what he thinks is the best part about wrestling, he perhaps captured its ultimate appeal. “Being able to say that you’re tougher than anyone else – and actually being able to back it up,� he said. “It’s a pretty good feeling.�

Borst’s senior teammate, Curtis Guthridge, also contributed with a pin at 145 to improve to 35-4 on the season and 143-48 for his career.

What’s the best thing about wrestling to him? “Just fitting in - all the hard work and having it pay off,� Guthridge said. “It’s great sitting on top of the podium after a long week busting your

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Read full issues FREE on www.WarrenCountyVA.com & www.FrederickCounty.com was not amid the screams from other fans, coaches and wrestlers, Sunshine talked about being a wrestling mom. “Well, you know, I’m a lot more controlled than I was when he was a freshman, if you can believe that,� she said. “I used to be like face on the mat next to him. So I’ve learned to back off a little bit. But I feel like we go through it with him. We have three younger boys who go to the matches and all that kind of stuff. We all just kind of do it with him and feel it with him.�

The parents like Sunshine provide the taxi service, the all-important food service, the hospitality service, and, eew, the laundry service. “His clothes, like when he comes home just from the practice, you can wring ’em, and I mean they are just drenched with sweat,� Sunshine said. “He’ll lose seven pounds in a practice, which is just unbelievable.�

Across the county line on the same night, at Warren County High School in a tri-match with Strasburg and

William Monroe, another display of typical wrestling grittiness unfolded.

Senior Zach Smith, one of four Wildcats recognized on senior night, won 3-2 over Strasburg’s Zach Scott at 195 pounds. Smith injured his knee in the first period but managed to finish the match.

He spent the rest of the night on crutches.

UNCOMFORTABLE ON A REGULAR BASIS Wrestling is a demanding and often brutal sport. The matches are actually a vacation from the daily workouts in stuffy wrestling rooms permeated by what seems to be a pungent mix of sweat, spit and expired milk. It’s exhausting to even watch an average two-hour-plus practice. Your glasses will steam up. You might even feel a little sick to your stomach, especially if you happen to be standing next to the big, gray trash can visited constantly for different reasons. It’s all

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constant motion and shouting from the coaches. The high school wrestler is unfazed. He long ago learned how to deal with the multiple challenges over and over again. “These kids that you see here – I mean they are just elite kids who are mentally tough to make their body uncomfortable on a regular basis,�

Holmes said. “That’s really hard for kids nowadays. Every day, these guys are uncomfortable. Their bodies are hurting.�

Martin, who wrestled at James Madison University before dedicating the rest of his life to teaching and coaching Shenandoah kids, wore a red shirt at practice the next day.

The back of it carried a famous quote from legendary Olympic champion Dan Gable: “Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit.

Give everything you got today for tomorrow may never come.�

THE ‘I� AND THE TEAM Wrestling is an individual sport, or at least it seems so at first glance.

The wrestler is out on the mat with just two others – his opponent and the referee. He can’t blame anybody but himself. He can’t be helped by anybody but himself. No teammate can cover up any mistakes, the way a

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Sunshine Doyle watches her son, Elijah, win for Millbrook at 220 basketball center might block a shot after the point guard is beaten off the dribble, the way a pitcher might strike out the side after an error got the team in a jam, the way a wide receiver might make a fantastic catch on a bad throw from the quarterback.

Boxers, tennis players and track and field athletes may be able to identify, but few other athletes have a comparable experience.

But go to a wrestling practice and that notion of individuality is completely flipped. Sherando assistant wrestling coach Brian Kibler said it best, or rather shouted it best, during Sherando’s practice the day after the Millbrook match: “We’re only as good as our partners are going to make us, guys.�

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CARRYING THE WEIGHT Making weight is sometimes a bigger obstacle than the opponent. Almost to a man, wrestlers will tell you it’s the worst thing about wrestling.

“Everyone has got to say the weight,” Borst confirmed. “It’s hard, man. It’s rigorous. The basic rundown is you come down during the day before a dual meet – using a dual meet as an example – and you see how much

you are under, or if you’re over. Most of us are usually under. When you’re under, you check to see how much food you can eat before weigh-in and still being under. And that’s the happiest feeling in the world knowing that you can have like a handful of something.”

Borst, a dead ringer for a young Clark Kent when he wears his darkrimmed glasses before turning into, well, you know, on the mat, went over the match-day routine for him and his fellow wrestlers: “We get here around 6:15. That’s like an hour and a half before school.

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What about lunch?

“We sit in the locker room during lunch so we don’t have to stare at the food,” he said. “And then after the match, dinner!”

Wrestling arguably requires more attention to an athlete’s diet, conditioning and general health than any other sport. Making a certain weight is serious business. You’re actually wrestling with your own body. The more a wrestler tries to gain an edge by getting to a lower weight, the more he puts his health at risk.

Amateur wrestling went through an existential crisis in 1997, when three college wrestlers died in six weeks. The deaths occurred during strenuous weight-loss workouts and ignited a national debate about training, weight loss and the use of controversial nutritional supplements.

The reverberations of the tragedy are still being felt 20 years later, but seemingly for the better. The horror stories of the past – emaciated kids stepping onto the scales after having lost 10 pounds in a day - have led to today’s weight management programs connected with a tightening of Virginia High School League rules.

Martin broke down the program into three steps, as tested by a certified athletic trainer: · Wrestlers are weighed. · Wrestlers’ hydration level is tested. · Wrestlers’ body fat is measured.

“From those three paramaters, the lowest possible class he can go to is

determined,” Martin said.

Sunshine Doyle talked about the evolution of her son’s experience: “Throughout high school, he’s been like 170-something and then 220. He used to cut because he plays football also, so he would get nice and heavy for football, then cut 30 pounds, and then wrestle. And then this is the first year when he didn’t kind of cut and stayed what his weight was and actually I think it’s better for him. He’s been better at wrestling than when he used to cut.”

A popular wrestling theory is that a wrestler with less body fat will perform better.

“When you have less than 10 percent body fat, it sucks,” Sherando senior Kendall Helsley, who wrestles at 170, said with a sarcastic laugh.

Ten percent body fat is actually very good but Martin doesn’t necessarily agree with the less-body-fat-ismore notion. He does agree that the quick fix can’t be losing a lot of water to make a certain weight.

“It’s a lot more paperwork,” Martin said of the program, “but it’s worth it. What we preach is to stabilize that particular weight. Leave practice a couple of pounds lighter, and then

go eat that decent meal. What we don’t want is that yo-yo-ing. Going eight pounds over and then losing it quickly.”

The Orthopedic Institute has posted on its web site these suggestions for amateur wrestlers: · Drink plenty of water. It is not worth cutting the weight if you can’t wrestle due to dehydration! It’s best to get a drink every 10-15 minutes at the gym and every 3-4 hours during the day. · Reduce the fat in your diet; fatty foods may taste good, but are higher in calories. Learn and know what food sources are high in fat and avoid them. Learn what foods are low in fat and eat them. · Eat smaller, more frequent meals: keeps snacks with you. This will keep you from overeating during a sitdown meal and also increase your metabolism. · If you snack, eat fruits or pretzels instead of chips and candy. · Practice good nutrition by eating a balanced diet with a variety of foods. · Slow loss is good loss: start losing weight early. 1 to 2 pounds per week.

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Sauna suits only make you lose water weight faster, causing dehydration. · Don’t fast. Starving yourself to lose weight is harmful to your body.

You should try to eat healthy every day. Not eating will make you tired, and you may start to feel sick at times. · Don’t eliminate all carbohydrates or protein from the diet as a means to achieving weight loss. Carbs and protein are important in maintain strength and endurance. · Don’t rely on water loss to lose weight. If you are going to lose weight by sweating, limit it to the day of the weigh-ins. Keep your weight within two or three pounds, fully hydrated, and you can sweat this off before weigh-ins.

Sherando senior Mike Duffy, a wiry red-head who held a 32-5 record at 126 pounds (118-56 for this career) after the Millbrook match, more or

Late January, 2016 • Warren & Frederick County Report • Page less confirmed the do’s and don’ts.

“It’s really hard if you eat big meals.

You have to eat smaller, more frequent meals. … It all depends on what you weigh. If you’re right on weight, and it’s the day before, you know you can float some weight at night. So you say you go to bed a pound under, you’ll float a pound and a half, and you’ll have a good half-a-pound breakfast, maybe a pound if you work out good.

The day after matches, you eat a lot.

Then throughout the week, you progressively get your weight down, and you eat less and less, and you can feel the energy just drain out of you. In practice, halfway through, you don’t have any, like, fat to go to. You can get burned out.”

Duffy, who unlike a lot of his teammates was the first one in his family to wrestle, concluded: “It’s not really a sport. It’s a lifestyle. You’re eating a small meal because of wrestling.”

Borst, the son of a wrestling coach (the former head coach at Mill-

brook), a guy who has been wrestling since he was four years old, not only defends his sport but promotes it.

“It’s not a sport that you can take lightly,” he said, hands on hips and shaking his head. “But it’s not a sport that you can look down on and say it’s unhealthy for you. I mean, we’re all the healthiest guys in Sherando.

We eat right. We do everything we have to do.”

Many of the wrestlers and coaches seem to be making this same point: Considering that child and teen obesity is such a big issue these days, wrestling, and all of the training, conditioning and nutrition that goes with it, if done right, is probably one of the best things a high school student can do for his overall health.

“These kids know their bodies so well,” Holmes said. “They’ve got it down to a science.”

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Bill Polian, the ESPN commentator, former NFL general manager and recent inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was interviewed by the web site allsportswny.com for an appreciation of the high school wrestler.

Polian felt former wrestlers who went on to college and pro football usually developed a great combination of strength and balance and were often unmatched in mental toughness.

“You show me someone who has been successful at wrestling,” Polian said, “and that’s one tough hombre.”

Holmes, who is from Syracuse, N.Y., and wrestled in middle school, high school and collegiately at Oswego State (N.Y.), explained further: “It builds strong character. It’s just tough, gritty. It’s individual in some regards and it’s still a team sport. You know, just the training, the level of competitiveness. People have no idea. … The level of training. The physical conditioning that you have to have to go six minutes. We see people all the time walking the halls and they say, ‘Aw, I can wrestle,’ and we put ’em up against the smallest kid and after 30 seconds, they lose strength.”

One could point to Holmes himself as an example of what the sport of wrestling can do for a life and career.

“It always has been a dream to coach,” he said. “Probably the reason I went into teaching was so I could be a wrestling coach. So four years ago I got the position and here I am.”

The wrestlers, the coaches, the families, the administrators, the referees, the former wrestlers, the longtime mentors – they all form a tight, unique community in the Shenandoah area. The wrestlers plot and battle against each other all season, but with mutual respect. Coaches lend each other mats and clocks, if needed. When the championship season rolls around and certain wrestlers and teams advance to the highest levels, they all root for each other.

The referee for the Sherando-Millbrook match, John Bryant of the Empire Association, who is in his 34th year of working matches, talked

about the unusual bonds that form inside and outside the circle.

“In Frederick County, these kids have wrestled each other for years. I mean, they’ve gone through the peewee, the Willie Walters program, and then they do the spring wrestling together. It’s a unique sport. It really is. When you go to tournaments and do the weekend thing, the thing that makes wrestling unique is that these kids are around each other all day.”

Bryant’s son wrestles on the Sherando junior varsity squad. Borst’s father, John Sr., was the wrestling coach at Millbrook before becoming the assistant coordinator of student activities. It’s just one big, competitive family in the Shenandoah Valley.

“It’s pretty crazy how you can be best friends before the match, and then during the match you’re worst enemies, and after the match you’re best friends again.” Borst said.

THE PRESSURE ZONE For wrestlers at Sherando, Millbrook, James Wood, Handley, Skyline, Warren County and others, the next several weeks may well end up being the most intense, exhausting and exhilarating of their young lives.

It’s getting to be championship time.

Borst, 128-17 overall after the Millbrook match, is looking good in his quest to add the 182-pound 4A title to his resume. But Borst, ranked No. 3 in the state by the Virginia Wrestling Association among all 182-pounders, will likely have to get past Hanover’s T.J. Allen (No. 4) and Fauquier’s Clifford Harrison (No. 8) somewhere along the way. His teammate, Ben Avery, 26-4 for the season at 285 before being slowed down by asthma, will try to get back to the state championship match, where he fell short as the runner-up last season. Duffy placed at the state tournament two years ago and is looking good in his final season. Guthridge, the ninth-ranked wrestler in the state at 145, won the regional title last season and looks to improve on his state tournament performance last season, when he lost in the first round at 126.

Also in the 4A ranks, Lio Quezada of Handley will be vying for district,

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Elsewhere, Warren County, ranked third among 3A teams in the state and 13th among all teams, will be led by 126-pound standout Zach Beckner, who along with Borst has to be considered the top wrestler in the Warren-Frederick area. The senior, who has never lost a match in a Warren County uniform, is attempting to repeat as the 3A state champion. The the top-ranked wrestler in the state at 126, Beckner recently posted his record 48th victory this season for the Wildcats as he was named the outstanding wrestler at the Handley Judges Invitational for the second straight year. His coach, Matthew Wadas, originally from Tunkhannock, Pa., knows all about great wrestling legacies. Wadas’ father, Frank, is a member of the Pennsylvania Wrestling State Hall of Fame.

And outside the Warren and Frederick County lines, Clarke County,

which won the 2A team title last season and is ranked second in the state so far this season, will be going for a repeat.

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Supervisor wanted new Morgan Ford Bridge opponent on Planning Commission

At his first Board meeting, Tom Sayre attempts to oust Ralph Rinaldi from seat

By Timothy Ratigan Warren & Frederick County Report Freshman Shenandoah District Supervisor Tom Sayre attempted to remove Ralph Rinaldi from his seat on the Planning Commission, at the January 5th meeting of the Warren County Board of Supervisors.

In a vote to reappoint Rinaldi to the seat that will expire on December 31, 2019, Sayre cast the lone vote against the appointment. Just seconds before the vote, Sayre nominated Christopher Manion, a Warren County resident and longtime vocal opponent of the Morgan Ford Bridge project.

“As the Shenandoah District Supervisor on the board I nominated Dr. Christopher Manion for the appointment on the Planning Commission representing the Shenandoah

Supervisor Tom Sayre cast the lone vote against the reapDistrict because he is highly qualified and an intelligent individual who appreciates the natural gifts and other

qualities that contribute to the County’s unique character, and he fully subscribed to the Vision Statement

in the County’s Community Profile of 2015. Dr. Manion understands that members of the Planning Commission can play a vital role in serving as a sounding board for the citizens, as well as a source of guidance to the Board of Supervisors, who bear the final responsibility for making such planning decisions,” Sayre stated, explaining his reasons for nominating Manion for the position.

The vote regarding the highly qualified Dr. Christopher Manion was 2 to 3 with Sayre and Supervisor Archie Fox voting in favor of the appointment.

In doing some research on Manion, this reporter called up the May 5th 2015 board of supervisors meeting where Manion addressed the board and presented his position on the new Morgan Ford bridge project at that time.

“Three people have died at the bridge and in each case VDOT (Virginia Department of Transportation) was officially warned beforehand and each time VDOT refused to act in a timely manner to make the bridge safe. In spite of this, Mr. Chairman (Former Supervisor Richard Traczyk) our supervisor blamed these deaths not on VDOT but on his constituents, even though they support a bridge design that is safer than VDOT’s. I found my supervisor’s accusations misguided and disappointing, moreover they have diverted attention from the real issue. Wealthy special interests want a high speed bypass around the east end of our county to serve a new commercial development. VDOT is accommodating them and unfortunately our supervisor is enabling them. (Manion’s supervisor was the past chairman of the board, Richard Traczyk) “Who are they? A new hospital is the most prominent prospect. Who are the others? VDOT has shown its hand with a plan to put a major road through our front yard and cutting our property in half. The road is designed to feed even more traffic to the new bridge, this time from the west. Even though my supervisor told me that this plan was nuts, this board unanimously approved it. We would appreciate it that this board would reverse that approval,” Manion said.

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“I talked to Dr. Manion regarding the low water bridge and he assured me that issue was over and done with. It is my understanding that Dr. Manion and his wife Terri have signed a deed granting an easement to VDOT for the low water bridge.

And it is my understanding that issue with the low water bridge is over

and done with and that Dr. Manion agreed that it was and that it would not have come as an issue if he was appointed to the planning commission,” he said.

The following measures were ap-

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Approved the Board’s meeting policies and procedures. The 2016 meeting schedule was approved along with the public hearing guidelines and committee assignments.

Election of a chair and vice chair.

South River Supervisor Linda Glavis was elected to the position of Chair and the Fork District Supervisor was elected Vice Chairman of the Board.

Jennifer R. Simms, retired clerk of the circuit court was honored for her service from Jan. 1, 2004 through Dec. 31, 2015, when the board adopted a resolution to that affect.

Adopted a resolution of support for an amendment to the state code that would allow all counties to tax cigarettes.

Approved the addition of Rockland Park Court to VDOT’s secondary road system.

Awarded a contract for snow removal in the sanitary district of

Shenandoah Farms to Pearson’s Handyman Services.

The board also took care of a legal matter by approving a settlement with county resident Carolyn Funk. The county will pay her $500 to cover the cost of damage to her property when an individual stole a parks and recreational department vehicle on October 25 and crashed the vehicle into a fence, lawnmower, furniture and a bush on her property on Catletts Ford Road. The county will seek restitution from the suspect if arrested.

One other item was approved at the board meeting. The board approved a request to begin work on a series of projects on the Ressie Jef-

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Included in the proposed projects was the design of an entrance addition and roof replacement. The

Board authorized the county administrator to sign a contract with Moseley Architects for the project.

The board then went into closed session to discuss appointments and

the acquisition of property. When the board came out of closed session they made the following reappointments by unanimous vote: Scott Stickley of North River and Lorraine Smelser of South River to the planning commission.

Ralph Rinaldi was reappointed to the planning commission by a 4-1 vote.

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December 28th, 1994 It’s my last day of work for the year. My brother and his family are coming tomorrow for a few days to usher in the New Year with us.

I’m sitting at my desk, working, or trying to. I don’t feel right. I’m feverish. My head is spacy. I’m very sleepy. I can’t concentrate. I put my head down for a minute to rest. I should just go home.

Bad weather is on the way and my employer lets everyone leave a few hours early.

A coworker who lives nearby gives me a ride to my car in the neighborhood park and ride lot.

It’s a good thing because I don’t think I could’ve gotten there on my regular route, public transportation.

I immediately fall into a deep sleep as he drives. He wakes me when we get there.

I pull in the driveway and drag myself into the house.

Guess who else isn’t feeling well?

It hit my wife at the grocery store.

We’re both coming down with the flu.

December 29th After a good night’s rest, we’re feeling some better, but not 100%.

I talk to my sister-in-law on the phone.

“We can come another time,” she says. “When you’re up to it.”

My wife thinks that’s an excellent idea.

“We’ll be fine,” I tell her. “C’mon down.”

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That night, at our house, we’re all playing a board game. We thought it’d be fun and a good way to keep the kids entertained.

It didn’t quite work out that way.

Zach gets mad. Again. This time it’s directed at his older brother Wes. He stands and screams, “I’ll shoot your head off!”

We all just look at each other wide-eyed wondering where that came from.

Ah, brotherly love.

December 31st The plan is to drive into Washington D.C. and check out the sights.

My wife can’t do it. She’s feeling cruddy. Yesterday did her in.

I’m not feeling much better than her, but I don’t want to send my family off to D.C. by themselves.

“They need a tour guide,” I tell myself.

“I’ll go with them,” I say to my wife. “I’ll be fine.”

The day is dark and dreary and damp. The perfect time to be out when you have the flu.

We must’ve walked 25 miles, from Arlington Cemetery into D.C. and all around.

I don’t know how I did it.

I should’ve stayed home.

January 1st They leave.

As soon as they’re out the door, my wife and I collapse on to the couch and stare at each other. For hours. We can’t move. We’ve got nothin’ left.

What just happened?

21 Years Later Even today, when one of us brings it up, I get the shakes.

At least we can laugh about it.

Barely.

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Hrbek will not seek re-election to Front Royal Town Council

Front Royal Town Councilman Bret Hrbek announced that he will not seek re-election in the upcoming 2016 town election

By Timothy Ratigan Warren & Frederick County Report Front Royal Town Councilman Bret Hrbek made a surprise announcement on January 11 at the first council meeting of 2016.

“It is not my intention to run for re-election this year. But having said that, there are quite few things that I hope we are going to accomplish over the next 12 months during my term on the council. In no particular order I just wanted to list a couple of those things that I think should be a priority or at least priorities to me,” he said.

Number one, looking at a property maintenance code, which we have discussed.

Two, hire a community development director which I think we will end up doing here soon.

Another one is to facilitate or work with the EDA (Economic Development Authority) on at least one economic project, whether it is the entrance corridor from Skyline Drive to downtown, moving the Afton Inn off of the EDA property rolls back onto the commercial tax rolls, finishing or at least getting a good completion of the Main Street extension across the Avtex property.

Leach’s Run trail behind Hilda J. Barbour, which I’ve talked about in the past Westminster Drive sidewalk, which I hope will be done in the spring “These are just some projects that I am excited for and that I hope will happen over the next 12 months. I did want to make it known as people are starting to fill out forms and pass petitions around that it is not my intention to run for re-election,” he said.

This announcement comes on the heels of the council holding interviews to fill the already vacant seat left open by former councilman Daryl Funk who resigned his position on the council after winning election to the clerk of court in November 2015.

Hrbek is completing his second term on the council. He was first elected in May of 2006 and then re-elected in 2012 after losing a reelection bid in 2010. Councilman Hrbek’s term will end December 31, 2016.

“I won’t shut the door to public service in the future. It’s just right now I just need to take a step back,” Hrbek stated after the meeting.

Hrbek has four children, works for Edward Jones, and is active in civic groups such as the local chapter of the United Way. He also commented that his life outside of council was getting busier and that he has other interests he wants to pursue.

During his time on council Hrbek has been an avid supporter of several economic development efforts and has been in the forefront of the ongoing battle between the town and county regarding helping the town collect revenue from the U.S. 340522 Corridor.

In a late August interview with

Hrbek, this reporter mentioned that the town and county had reached a compromise. Now as Hrbek is looking into the sunset of his time remaining on council, I will present his remarks about that compromise from the August 27 interview in Councilman Hrbek’s office.

“The good thing we can say about this deal is that it is done. So it is a short term fix. It’s a short term political fix because now they can go around in their campaign and say that they ended the conflict with the county. I don’t know if that is the reason they did it. I hope to God I am wrong. If I am right then this is not a good thing,” Hrbek said.

I also asked him where he thought Front Royal would be in 20 years and if he thought it would still be a place where he would want his children to live.

“I don’t know if there will be a Front Royal at that time. I hope that the River Phoenix site will become an economic engine, that there will be quality jobs, good salary jobs. I’m not worried about the area. I don’t know if the town of Front Royal, the charter and the political boundaries of the town will exist,” he said in closing.

After the January 11 meeting, I asked Hrbek if there was a chance that he would be seeking any other office in the 2016 election and his answer was a simple “no”.

During the council meeting both Town Manager Steven Burke and Mayor Timothy Darr congratulated the town staff and the staff at the visitor center for a successful New Year’s Eve celebration.

“I do want to commend town staff, Tim Smith and visitor center and everyone. The town’s New Years’ celebration was a very well attended, well organized, family oriented event. It was a really nice event. It should be duly noted that for the first time doing an event like that, usually your

first event is sometimes not so good and you’ve got to have that faith that the second time will be better. But for a first time, it was actually a good event. I am looking forward to it in the future. I think it is definitely something that will prosper and will grow into a good, fun community event for our citizens for years to come,” Darr said concerning the event.

Items passed in the consent agenda included the following: Council approval for a deed of easement from Winchester Road A and Ena, LLC Winchester Realty for water and sewer right of way at Riverton Commons.

Council approval for a deed of easement for the middle school entrance at Leach’s Run Parkway.

Council approval for Liaison Committee items Council approval for of a donation

of a used light pole and light and the installation of same at the Warren County Humane Society.

The consent agenda items passed on a 6-0 vote.

The last item brought before the council was council approval of a right away permit extension with Shenandoah National Park. The council was requested to approve a 10 year extension for a right-of-way permit with a Department of Interior National Park Service for an electric utility pole and guide wire on Criser Road at its intersection on South Royal Avenue. The council was also requested to authorize the town manager to execute the permit. With no discussion the measure passed on a 6-0 vote.

With no further business brought before the council the Mayor adjourned the meeting.

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By Carol Ballard Warren & Frederick County Report January is the perfect time to look forward as well as back.

With the new year, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fresh energy to continue with plans created in the past, and to be satisfied that many of those have finally been completed.

This is the second of a two-part series which was created to ask Warren County officials about 2015 accomplishments and ideas and plans for 2016.

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As for 2015.... â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously been a busy year,â&#x20AC;? he said, and then included a sizeable list of accomplishments.

These were: ¡ The Gooney Creek Bridge (Route 340 South) project has been completed. The $14,664,392 project provides a new crossing of Gooney Run and an improved Route 340/Poor House Road intersection.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many thanks to all of the VDOT staff who worked on this project over the years,â&#x20AC;? Stanley said, and continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The most visible project in the community is the replacement of the South Fork Bridge ($74,700,000).

And in culmination of that project, northbound traffic was routed over the new South Fork of the Shenandoah River on to the new bridge on January 11. Southbound lanes are scheduled to be open by the end of the month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The entire project will be completed in 2017,â&#x20AC;? said Stanley. ¡ Plans are also in the works to start the long-awaited Morgan Ford Bridge replacement project in 2016.

This project will provide a safe crossing and connection between the Rockland and Howellsville areas of the County. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Long-term, all of these projects, along with other projects that are being proposed, will serve to enhance and strengthen the Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial position by providing local employment and direct and indirect tax

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benefits while greatly improving our transportation system,â&#x20AC;? he said. ¡ Construction on the second Warren County middle school. This school, originally planned to be completed in 2010 but delayed due to the Great Recession, will provide additional capacity for secondary schools and allow the move of the eighth graders from the high schools to the middle schools. ¡ Work will also start in November on the Leach Run Parkway to connect Route 55 to Happy Creek Road, and has been in the planning stages for 20-plus years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The County is partnering with the Town and EDA to construct the 1.3 mile road segment. We anticipate the project being completed by the end of 2016 in time for the opening of the new 800-student middle school in 2017,â&#x20AC;? Stanley said. ¡ Finally, work is progressing on a remodeling project at the Government Center. Lantz Construction of Winchester (LCW) has completed renovation of the Commissioner of the Revenue Office space and has moved over to start renovation of the Treasurerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office to provide security upgrades, new carpeting, and new customer service counters and windows. The project included the installation of sound panels in the Board meeting room to improve acoustics, and will be completed entirely by early 2016.

Plans for Warren County Schools in 2016 Warrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Superintendent of schools Greg Drescher also responded to our request for information on ongoing and future plans for the county schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;During my first six months as su-

perintendent of schools for Warren County I have focused on listening to what our community expects from our schools,â&#x20AC;? he said.

He continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I spoke with dozens of individuals and published a survey for the entire community to respond to, and the response has been wonderful. I have been given great feedback to work with as I plan for the future.â&#x20AC;?

He said he heard three main ideas about what our community expects and wants from the schools. These were: 1. Provide excellence for our students: excellent teachers, programs, student supports and facilities 2. Compete in the marketplace: in the candidates we hire, the programs we offer, the student supports we provide and in keeping our facilities in top shape 3. Enhance the community: successful high school graduates are a positive force in our community.

Drescher believes that all of these items are important to people whether or not they currently have children in the school system. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How well our schools perform directly impacts our community,â&#x20AC;? he said.

His personal goal is to ensure all students leave high school with the skills and knowledge they need to be successful, and referred to a sevenminute video he made that outlines the results of his conversation and which can be found on the WCPS website at www.wcps.k12.va.us (On the left hand side, click on Superintendent Survey Results) or find it on on YouTube (see below) Drescher responded to a question about what benefits will be made by moving eighth grade students to middle school rather than keeping them

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Drescher thinks it has been shown that any grade alignment can be made to work, but since so much of education is based on that typical configuration, he believes a better job of meeting student needs will be made once our schools have the same grade set up as the majority of the state and nation.

Even things like teacher licensure is based on the 6-8 grade structure, and this impacts professional development offered, how teacher time within a school is scheduled and what courses teachers are allowed to teach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our students will then have the same experiences as their peers in surrounding school systems,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Drescher was very positive about the new plan to outsource substitutes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a win-win. Our day-to-day subs will earn a little more money.

The technology will allow a much quicker and easier access to plan for a sub and for subs to schedule their time. It will also track substitute time, something our current system doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do well. Since the subs work for a private company, they can become full time employees. Regulations forced us to limit the number of hours a sub could work each week.

There are a number of other subtle changes that help us out administratively as well,â&#x20AC;? he explained.

But the one negative will be for those few substitutes who are certified teachers and do â&#x20AC;&#x153;long-termâ&#x20AC;? assignments whose daily rate is currently at the level of what they would have been paid as a teacher. He said that this is atypical, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty much no other school system does thisâ&#x20AC;?.

This daily rate will now be brought in line to what is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;market rateâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The new rate is still a good wage, just not as high as we were paying, but we will honor that higher rate for any substitute currently in an assignment for the remainder of the year, since we are making a transition in the middle of the school year.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good sign that those in official positions have such high hopes and are able to back up their hopes with solid planning and care for the residents of Warren County.

View Drescherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s YouTube.com video here: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=_R3MlzIjAvo â&#x20AC;&#x201C; carol@areaguides.com

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Terri was comfortable in her office located at the back of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Middle of Mainâ&#x20AC;? building, just behind Main Street and set in on 214 E. Jackson St. Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ed cars are parked just outside the door leading inside the building.

Teaching at the school besides Terri, are Manager Elizabeth Boyd, Terriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband Tom, Colin Hough and Christina Saidon.

After a few remarks about about her school which is close to itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s its tenth year anniversary, the first person she wanted to talk about was Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manager, Elizabeth

Boyd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She has taken my school to the next level,â&#x20AC;? says Terri. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lizzyâ&#x20AC;? Boyd is a 23-year-old dedicated professional who has been with the school for three years. She said she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t plan to be a driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teacher, but did major in education in college. She and Terri were friends and when she asked her to join the school, she did. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought how neat it would be to be in a classroom that offers handson skills. I love my job, and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize how much until I started doing it,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Her philosophy includes engaging the students in hands-on interactive learning experiences so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll stay conscious, safe and knowledgeable drivers all their lives. She does this by presenting required materials so that no matter what learning style a student may have, with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;see it, hear it, touch it methodâ&#x20AC;? it will reach them and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll retain it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From classroom instruction to behind-the-wheel training, we make the learning experience fun and everlasting. I am honored to be a part of such an important step in each of my studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives,â&#x20AC;? she says.

She talked about how the old school way of lecturing, getting the students to read books or workbooks, boring them, and leaving them unengaged, is a thing of the dim past at their school.

One of the ways used to get the point across during the 36-hour course is to use interactive materials.

This includes matchbox cars, games, reference point cards, and an aisle painted to look like a road, with dotted yellow lines.

This is used for walking in class to simulate passing, and other driving methods. They demonstrate how alcohol affects the blood with experi-

ments- infusing a glass of water with food coloring, for example. They take them out to the driver training cars, before they start driving to show them what they can expect to use in that part of the course.

Another up-to-date tool is the handy online scheduling system called Schedule 2 Drive, where students have a home page with all their information, including the scheduled date and time of the next drive, how many driving and observation hours theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve completed and a message board with pertinent information. They can use this to arrange times and dates for classes or to make changes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can be contacted 24/7. It sets us apart,â&#x20AC;? said Terri.

They also use slogans that make it easy to remember when in a tricky situation like when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s snow or ice on the road. Several students have told her that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve used the off-road recovery methods taught in class,

and remembered the slogans when an animal or a vehicle confronted them suddenly around a blind curve or hill.

For example, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a spin, all inâ&#x20AC;? means keep your foot hard on the brakes if spinning and â&#x20AC;&#x153;When in doubt, two feet outâ&#x20AC;? means keep feet off the brakes and just steer in an icy or snowy situation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They told me they were proud of themselves because they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overcompensate and were able to get back on the road,â&#x20AC;? she said proudly Some of their friends without the training werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to do it, they told her.

Terri was also full of information when asked about how they teach students to react in traffic and encounter other drivers behaving in dangerous or harassing ways.

When asked what to do if being tailgaited (a particularly harassing and potentially dangerous practice, especially if done to an inexperienced

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Added to that, she tells them to check their line of sight, be aware and always look ahead as far as possible.

If approaching a blind curve or hill, or if the view is obstructed, adjust speed and lane position.

Terri said she doesn’t want to scare them, but needs to let them know how to do the right thing, and do it.

So many teenagers think they’re invincible, but a car is a potential weapon. At 70 m.p.h., for example, everything in the car is going at 70 m.p.h. In a collision, anything can become a potential unguided missile.

She cautions them by telling them that driving can be the most dangerous thing you can do.

A car is like a weapon.

“Keep it clean and don’t point it,” she says.

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They have to verbally answer questions like “What could happen here“ when given an example of a possible scenario.

“We make training intense, and want them to have the proper response to situations-to be prepared and not lose common sense,” Terri said.

If students are not ready to drive, they cancel the sessions and tell the parents what kinds of things the student needs to work on. Their failure rate is low, because ‘if they fail, we feel that we’ve failed too’, she said.

They give every student the opportunity to work on their training. they have to have 36 hours if they are under 19, and behind-the-wheel training.

Again she references the “morons” who are out on the roads by saying, “Don’t let the morons train you when you get out there and the morons are all around you.”

“You are responsible for your passengers if you’re driving. If you’re under 18, your parents could lose everything,” she cautioned, referencing a possible accident where serious damage is done to vehicles or people, and the consequences.

She also appeals to other drivers to respect the student drivers and give them room by not tailgating or trying to engage them.

“I feel it’s criminal when they do that,” she said.

“Treat them like you wanted to be treated when you were learning,” she advises sternly.

She says she’s protective of her students.

If the teachers see that kind of behavior, they will take down licence numbers and report abusers.

“We tell the students, ‘You’ll have to share the road with these morons.

Honey, don’t you understand, they gots to get to the buffet’.” she said, again with a laugh.

Many people still get scared when being tailgated. She advises to maintain the right speed, not speed up or slow down, and pull over if safe.

“It’s your job to get yourself and your passengers safely to where you’re going,” she tells them.

They’re taught to eliminate Blind Glare with the mirror settings when tailgated at night by inconsiderate/ bullying drivers, and to glance down at the side of the road and then and back up if an oncoming car has their high beams on.

If being followed, or harassed by other drivers, she advises to “not engage”. Keep the car locked, put on hazard lights and pull over where it’s safe to do so. If they also pull over, call 911, and report the situation.

Describe the car, driver, license number, or any other information and have them tell you where to go. Don’t crack the window. Err on the side of caution and common sense.

Terri Eshelman, of Driver’s Choice Training Center, in her office at 214 E. Jackson St., Front Royal.

“If someone is driving erratically, increase your space from them if possible, but if that’s not possible, get back on the road, and drive to a police station, or flag an officer down,” Terri advised.

It’s also advisable to keep emergency eqiuipment in the car like flares water, and a first aid kit.

During the interview, Stephanie Hatfield, a satisfied parent of one of the school’s students came in to the office and said, “They’re wonderful, as you can see, very helpful.” She went on to say that her 16 year old daughter, who sometimes disagrees with too much instruction, actually looks forward to coming to the driving classes.

The school gets its students from public high schools in Warren and surrounding counties. Private schools that don’t offer driver’s training also send their students.

“It’s such an inspirational job. Teenagers know what they want to do, but they’re still dreaming about it. Driving helps them get to the next step in their dreams. One student drove all the way to California. It’s fun to see that,” said Lizzy.

Driver’s Choice Training Center, LLC is located at 214 E. Jackson St., Suite 3, in Front Royal. Call 540-6226900, email info@driverschoicetraining.com, or visit www.driverschoicetraining.com – carol@areaguides.com

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Charles Austin Cooke The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Charles Austin Cooke, age and address unknown, with three counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, Charles Austin Cooke did unlawfully and fe-loniously possess a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Methadone. COUNT TWO: did did unlawfully and fe-loniously possess a Schedule II controlled substance, towit: Fentanyl COUNT THREE: did unlawfully possess controlled paraphernalia for the illegal administration of controlled substances. Date of the offenses was on or about January 15, 2015 Jeremy Brett Clanton The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about September 9, 2015, in the County of Warren, Jeremy Brett Clanton, 26, of 184 Hunter’s Ridge Dr., Front Royal, VA 22630, did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule I controlled substance, towit: Heroin.

Ashley Marie Dutton The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about September 10, 2015, in the County of Warren, Ashley Marie Dutton, 58, address unknown, did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin.

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Ralph Randell Wallen The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Ralph Randell Wallen, 58, address unknown, with five counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, Ralph Randell Wallen, age and address unknown, did unlawfully and fe-loniously possess a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Methadone. COUNT TWO: did did unlawfully and fe-loniously possess a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Fentanyl. COUNT THREE: did unlawfully drive or operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of any narcotic drug or any other self-administered intoxicant or drug of whatsoever nature, or any combination of such drugs, to a degree which impaired his ability to drive or operate his motor vehicle safely. COUNT FOUR: did unlawfully possess controlled paraphernalia for the illegal administration of controlled substances. Date of the offenses was on or about January 15, 2015.

Jacob Thomas Owens The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about September 16, 2015, in the County of Warren, Jacob Thomas Owens, 18, of 29 Apache Ct., Front Royal, VA 22630, did unlawfully and feloniously possess with the intent to distribute more than one-half ounce but not more than five pounds of marijuana.

Tharia Ileigha Simone Roberts The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Tharia Ileigha Simone Roberts, 26, address unknown, with three counts.

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INDICTMENTS or about September 10, 12 and 14, 2015.

Amy Marie Aumen The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Amy Marie Aumen, 40, address unknown, with three counts. COUNTS ONE, TWO and THREE: In the County of Warren, Amy Marie Aumen did unlawfully and fe-loniously distribute a Schedule II controlled substance, towit: Oxycodone this being a second or subsequent offense, and said prior con-viction occurring prior to the date alleged in this indictment. Dates of the offenses were on or about July 28 and August 25 2015.

Jacob Thomas Owens The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about September 16, 2015, in the County of Warren, Jacob Thomas Owens, 18, of 29 Apache Ct., Front Royal, VA 22630, did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Oxycodone.

Michael Justin Heflin The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Michael Justin Heflin, 20, of 514 Duck St. Front Royal, VA 22630, with three counts. COUNT ONE: Michael Justin Heflin, having received a visible or audible signal from any law-enforcement officer to bring his motor vehicle to a stop, did unlawfully and feloniously drive such motor vehicle in a willful or wanton disregard of such signal so as to interfere with or endanger the operation of the lawenforcement vehicle or endanger a person. COUNT TWO: did unlawfully drive a motor vehicle on a highway while his driver’s license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle has

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COUNT THREE: did unlawfully drive a motor vehicle on the highway in excess of 80 m.p.h. Date of the offenses was on or about September 24, 2015.

Santana Lynn Castro The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Santana Lynn Castro, 28, of 66 Valley Park Ct., Strasburg, VA 22657, with two counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, Santana Lynn Castro did unlawfully take steal, and carry away the goods and chattels of Matthew and Roxann Kreiler, with a value of $200.00 or more. COUNT TWO: did unlawfully and feloniously obtain by false pretense money valued at $200.00 or more from Main St. Pawn, with the intent to defraud.

Date of the offenses was on or about March 13, 2015.

Tiffany Laverne Buehler The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about September 16, 2015, in the County of Warren, Tiffany Laverne Buehler, 31, address unknown, did unlawfully and feloniously dis-tribute a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Dilauded.

Donald Carey Brotherton The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about October 28, 2015, in the County of Warren, Donald Carey Brotherton, 51, address unknown,

having previously been convicted of a sexually violent offense, did unlawfully and feloniously and knowingly fail to register or re-register with the Sex Offender and Crimes against Minors Registry.

Eric David Jones The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Eric David Jones, 26, address unknown, with two counts. COUNTS ONE and TWO: In the County of Warren, Eric David Jones did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule III controlled substance, to-wit: Bunprenorphine and Naloxone. Dates of the offenses were on or about September 21 and 24, 2015.

Courtney Joseph Duren The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about August 27, 2015, in the County of Warren, Courtney Joseph Duren, 34, address unknown, did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin.

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Justin Cody Looney The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about October 28, 2015, in the County of Warren, Justin Cody Looney, age and address unknown, did unlawfully and feloniously, with the intention of converting goods and merchandise to his own use without having paid the full price thereof, willfully conceal the goods or merchandise of Walmart, having a value of $200.00 or more Stevie Leann Hinkle The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Stevie

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Desirae Rose Sanchez The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Desirae Rose Sanchez, age and address unknown, with two counts. COUNTS ONE and TWO: In the County of Warren, Desirae Rose Sanchez did unlawfully and fe-loniously possess two Schedule II controlled substances, to-wit: Lisdexamfetimine and Amphetimine. Date of the offenses was on or about August 11, 2015.

Kim Christopher Delmonte The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about September 8, 2015, in the County of Warren, Kim Christopher Delmonte, 37, of 1333 Edgmont Dr., Front Royal, VA 22630, did unlawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Methadone.

Jennifer Marie Carter The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Jennifer Marie Carter, age and address unknown, with seven counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, Jennifer Marie Carter did unlawfully and feloniously, take or obtain a credit

Late January, 2016 • Warren & Frederick County Report • Page 19 card number from the control or possession of another without the cardholder’s consent, with the intent to use said credit card. COUNT TWO: did unlawfully and feloniously, with the intent to defraud, obtain cash or property with a value of $200.00 or more during less than a six-month period through the use of a credit card or credit card number without the consent of the cardholder that she is the holder of the credit card.

COUNTS THREE, FOUR and FIVE: did unlawfully and fe-loniously forge a sales draft or use a credit card number or card of which she was not the cardholder or person authorized by the cardholder, with the intent to defraud the issuer or any other person or organization providing goods and services. COUNTS SIX and SEVEN: did unlawfully with the intent to defraud, obtain cash or property with a value of less than $200.00 through the use of a credit card number by representing without the consent of the cardholder that she is the holder of the credit card. Dates of the offenses were on or about August 24, 31, and September 2, 2015.

Les Wayne Smith The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Les Wayne Smith, age and address unknown, with two counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, Les Wayne Smith did unlawfully and fe-loniously distribute a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin, this being a second or subsequent offense, and said prior con-victions occurring pri-

or to the date alleged in this indictment. COUNT TWO: did unlawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Oxycodone and Acetomenophen. Date of the offenses was on or about September 16, 2015.

Brandy Nicole Dawson The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Brandy Nicole Dawson, 29, of 3426 Kendrick Lane, #3, Front Royal, VA 22630, with two counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, Brandy Nicole Dawson did did unlawfully take steal, and carry away the goods and chattels of Walmart, with a value of $200.00 or more. COUNT TWO: did unlawfully and fe-loniously distribute a Schedule IV controlled substance, to-wit: Alprazolam. Dates of the offenses were on or about December 20 and August 21, 2015.

Jeremy Brett Clanton The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Jeremy Brett Clanton, age and address unknown, with three counts. COUNTS ONE, TWO and THREE: In the County of Warren, Jeremy Brett Clanton did unlawfully and fe-loniously possess a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin.

COUNT TWO: did unlawfully drive a motor vehicle on the highway inn excess of 80 m.p.h. COUNT THREE: did unlawfully possess controlled paraphernalia for the illegal administration of controlled substances.

Date of the offenses was on or about September 23, 2015.

Shanta Latica Pittman The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about August 3, 2015, in the County of Warren, Shanta Latica Pittman, 35, of 813 N. Royal Ave., Front Royal, VA 22630, did unlawfully and feloniously take steal, and carry away the goods and chattels belonging to Lisa Oden-Laing, having a value of less than $200.00.

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Grand Opening of the Center for Intentional Wellness The Center for Intentional Wellness (CIW) will hold its Grand Opening in Winchester, VA, on February 7, 2016, from 2:00 – 5:00 pm.

Located at 117 W. Boscawen Street, Suite 3. The Center offers state-ofthe-art wellness services, protocols, and products across the healthcare spectrum––from prevention, to relief from acute or chronic health concerns. CIW envisions an integrated service delivery model that considers individuals, families, and communities in the multidimensional context of their lives, not only medical histories and symptoms. The Center’s mission includes educating and empowering its clients towards greater health autonomy and wellbeing.

CIW offers customized standalone or integrated programs, as health histories and goals are evaluated. These include scanning technologies geared to Early Detection and Prevention of health concerns, including thermography (breast, half- and full-body options); live cell imaging, quantum biofeedback scans, and hormone and nutritional testing––all of which provide a personalized, in-depth picture of a client’s health profile for initial and later stages of inflammation, oxidation, acidity, heavy metals, Candida, and other primary, underlying, and often untreated causes of a growing list of common symptoms.

Whether treating Lyme disease–– a specialty of Sherri Hudson, Clinical Thermographer, and founding member of CIW––and other chronic conditions, or as preventive therapies, effective Detox protocols include cold laser neurotoxin release, ionic foot spa, colon hydrotherapy, alkaline water therapy, and cutting-edge, Neutraceuticals and other natural wellness products–– essential oils, supplements, super foods, and water and air purification systems. Weight loss is approached primarily through metabolic balancing and digestive support, but CIW also offers an innovative, non-invasive “lipo” laser technology for interim fast-start weight reduction.

Emphasizing CIW’s vision of Hudson states, “Our vision as a team is to offer integrated service delivery as well as the Education and Empowerment our clients need for greater autonomy in managing their health. A variety of services are also provided at no cost including some consultations, Zyto and orthotic scans, alkaline water, and a substantial schedule

of onsite classes in a range of wellness-related topics. We look forward to growing as a progressive force for wellness in Winchester, based on the maxim of “first, do no harm.” Contact: Sherri Hudson, (703) 635-6324.

Eden Freeman, Winchester City Manager, recently received the Credentialed Manager designation from the International City/County Management Association (ICMA). Eden is one of over 1,300 local government management professionals currently credentialed through the ICMA Voluntary Credentialing Program.

To receive the prestigious ICMA credential, a member must have significant experience as a senior management executive in local government; have earned a degree, preferably in public administration or a related field; and demonstrated a commitment to high standards of

integrity and to lifelong learning and professional development.

“This designation is much deserved and a tremendous honor for Eden,” stated John Willingham, Council President. “She has a wealth of experience in local and state government operations which has made a positive impact here in Winchester.”

ICMA’s mission is to create excellence in local governance by promoting professional management worldwide and increasing the proficiency of appointed chief administrative officers, assistant administrators and other employees who serve local governments and regional entities around the world. The organization’s nearly 9,000 members in 27 countries also include educators, students and other local government employees.

For more information regarding the ICMA Voluntary Credentialing Program, contact Jenese Jackson at ICMA, 777 North Capitol Street, N.E., #500, Washington, D.C. 200024201; jjackson@icma.org; (202) 9623556.

FREE Community health forums The Handley Regional Library (HRL) is offering a free series of six Community Health Forums in the HRL auditorium.

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These Forums will offer an ongo-

ing series of discussions designed to inform and encourage public awareness about community health issues.

Planned future topics include the Impact of Adult and Childhood Obesity, Community Strategies to Prevent and Combat Violence, Mental Health Check Up, Access to Health Care Services, Water Quality, and Accident Prevention.

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Auditorium - Handley Regional Library, Fourth Saturdays, 10:30 am - Noon, January 23, February 27, March 26, April 23, May 21, June 25 Register for CERT Training Registration is now being accepted for the 2016 Winchester-Frederick County Community Emergency Re-

Late January, 2016 • Warren & Frederick County Report • Page 21 sponse Team (CERT) training program. When emergencies happen, CERT members can assist and support their community by applying the skills and techniques learned during these training sessions. CERT members can help save and sustain lives before, during and following a disaster.

Training sessions will be held January 28-March 10, 2016 at 6 pm unless stated otherwise (see schedule below). A total of eight classes will be held at various locations in Winchester and Frederick County with one designed emergency exercise held at the end.

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Thursday, February 4, 6:00 pm, Light Search & Rescue Thursday, February 11, 6:00 pm, CERT Organization Saturday, February 20, 8:00 am & 1:00 pm, NIMS-700 Saturday, February 27, 8:00 am & 1:00 pm, EMS - Part 1 Thursday, March 3, 6:00 pm, Fire Safety & Utilities Control Thursday, March 10, 6:00 pm, Final Exercise, Note: Class locations and times will be confirmed prior to the program start date (times listed above subject to change). To register or for more information, please submit the online form, send an email or call (540) 667-2267.

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Frederick County Crime of the Week - January 11, 2016 The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Burglary and Grand Larceny at Seasonal Colors, located at 3186 Valley Avenue. The manager of the business reported that when he reported for work on December 5, 2015, he discovered that unknown suspect(s) had forcibly entered the premises and removed four Stihl Chainsaws.

If you have any information regarding a suspect or a suspect vehicle in this incident, please contact the Crime Solvers Hotline at (540) 665TIPS (8477). Information leading to the arrest of a suspect may result in a reward of up to $1,000.

Incident #15006287. Investigator Holmes D. Smoke Clarke County saddle thief sought The Clarke County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Grand Larceny from a small horse training business located in the 1600 block of Summit Point Road in Berryville. Sometime between January 5 and January 8, 2016, a Parelli brand western saddle went missing. It is a Natural Performer model, and is tan with white stirrups and brown cross stitching. The black saddle pad has the initials “LWU.” If you have any information regarding a suspect or a suspect vehicle in this incident, please contact the Crime Solvers Hotline at (540) 665TIPS (8477). Information leading to the arrest of a suspect may result in a reward of up to $1,000.

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Page 22 • Warren & Frederick County Report • Late January, 2016 Overdose death linked to abuse of anti-diarrheal medication The Northern Shenandoah Valley Substance Abuse Coalition is warning the public about the dangers of an over-the-counter anti-diarrheal medication that is being taken in high doses to detox from opioids such as heroin. The anti-diarrheal medication loperamide has resulted in two overdoses in the Northern Shenandoah Valley with one of those overdoses resulting in a death.

Loperamide overdose symptoms may include dizziness, drowsiness, urinating less than usual, severe stomach cramps or bloating and vomiting.

If you or someone you know has taken loperamide and is experiencing these overdose symptoms, seek immediate medical treatment.

The Substance Abuse Coalition encourages individuals who are struggling with addiction to seek help and provides resources.

Winchester Snow removal ordinance reminder Winter weather is right around the corner. In order to keep sidewalks clear for pedestrians and residents with wheelchairs, please abide by the City’s snow removal policy: 6” or less of snow must be removed from sidewalks within 24 hours; more than 6” of snow must be removed from sidewalks within 48 hours.

For businesses on the Loudoun Street Mall, a path must be cleared from the property to the fire lane and along the width of the building to maintain accessibility for the public.

Don’t forget the sidewalk entrances and exits from driveways and roads.

Please contact the City’s Zoning and Inspections Department at (540) 667-2370 with any questions or concerns concerning this ordinance. Thank you for your cooperation.

Middletown Maintenance Department notice Yard waste will resume Monday April 18, 2016. Please take time to review the guidelines. We will no longer pick up any yard waste that does not meet the criteria listed below. Yard

waste collection will be every Monday, and must be placed curbside by 7:30 a.m. Yard waste consists of grass trimmings and leaves which cannot weigh more than 40 lbs. Branches or twigs can be no longer than four (4) feet in length and no larger than two (2) inches in diameter and must be tied in bundles (no wire or plastic string). Yard waste must be placed in biodegradable or paper yard waste bags only – no plastic bags.

Middletown Garden Club We are looking forward to a busy year in 2016. Along with our yearly projects to enhance our community, we are learning about new gardening techniques and varieties of plants.

2015 was a great year for our Gingerbread House Contest and our beautiful Gingerbread House in the Christmas Parade. Preparations are already underway for our December 2016 Holiday House Tour and the Third Annual Gingerbread Contest. If you have ideas to make these events extra special, we would appreciate hearing from you. Our meetings are held on the second Sunday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at various locations. We welcome your calls to find out about our club. You do not have to be an expert gardener and there are no dues or fees. Call Pat at (540) 539-5642.

Virginia Cooperative Extension Looking for Research Study Subjects for Older Adult Strength Training Program Would you like to be part of a research study on the effects of strength training on older adults? If so, Virginia Cooperative Extension is recruiting sedentary men and women to participate in an 8-week strength training program that has the potential to improve your health. LIFT (Lifelong Improvements Through Fitness Together) is a group-based program that promotes balance and flexibility with the goal of improving functional fitness and independent living in older adults. Participants will be asked to commit to attending instructor-led strength training sessions two times/week for eight weeks beginning February 29.

As a research subject, you will be asked to complete pre and post sur-

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Classes will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 527 Van Fossen St., Winchester. Class size is limited to 20 participants.

For more information on how to register, contact Rebecca Davis at rdavis58@vt.edu or 662-5699.

If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services, or other accommodation to participate in this activity, please notify Rebecca Davis, Virginia Cooperative Extension – Frederick County Office, at (540) 665-5699/TDD* during business hours of Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.to discuss accommodations 5 days prior to the event. *TDD number is 800828-1120.

Services Inc.) Ten winners were selected from a field of 25 contestants. They include Malachi Strother, Ryan Jewell, Becca Balcom, Jeyhan Turker, Ryan Phillips, Melanie Miller, Angelica Bullock, Kyle Lambdin, Natalie Spaid, and the trio of Emily Kresky, Ryan Garst, Walker Turner.

Performing for a capacity crowd, the contestants were judged by a panel made up of Lars Henriksen,a bass player and member of a blues band; Mario Orsini, illusionist who has judged this contest in past years, and Gwen Pangle, a singer who has performed in many theatrical productions. Master of ceremonies was Chuck Atkinson, who kept the program moving along.

Theresa Gaines, chair of the event which is part of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival® to be held April 22 to May 1, reminds the public that there are two more evenings of auditions Feb. 10 and March 9 -- and there is still time to register.

Contestants who win at the three auditions will compete in the semifinals April 6, and winners from that event will compete in the finals April 27. The finals will be held during the 89th festival whose theme is Unforgettable! All contests will begin at 7 p.m. at the Bright Box in downtown Winchester. Prizes awarded at the final event include first place, $5,000; second place, $1,500, and third place, $500.

Rules and guidelines are posted on the festival’s web site, thebloom.com.

Click on SABF info and then on the word forms. A sample of talent and background music must be included with the application. A URL or MP3 is needed for the application process.

Audience tickets for the auditions are $10 in the downstairs theater and $5 for the upstairs location.

Visit thebloom.com for registration and ticket information. Call the festival office at 540-662-3863. Email info@sabf.org.

Exhibit Opening: Inspired By The Beatles: An Art Quilt Challenge Barns of Rose Hill presents Exhibit Opening: Inspired By The Beatles: An Art Quilt Challenge. The country recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ first performance in the United States. On February 9, 1964, a record-setting seventy-three million men, women and children living in America, 45.3% of households with television sets, in 23,240,000 American homes, tuned in to The Ed Sullivan Show. Were you watching, that night?! Inspired by the Beatles is the culmination of what happened when 150 fiber artists from around the world were challenged to each choose a different song by the Beatles and depict it as a 24” x 24” art quilt. The Beatles were prolific; some songs are very familiar, others more obscure. Beatles music is timeless; in listening to it we are transported to the places we were and to the people we were with when the songs were first popular. These fun quilts, not to be confused with the quilts your grannies made, were born from a love of Beatles music and a passion for stitching.

Enjoy this trip down memory lane; see if you can guess the songs and remember the lyrics. Exhibit runs from January 24th- February 13.

Apple Blossom’s Got Talent! 1st Round Winners Singers, dancers, and a magician graced the stage Wednesday Jan. 13 at the Bright Box Theater in Winchester for the first auditions of the annual 2016 Car Credit Nation Apple Blossom’s Got Talent! contest, presented by PMSI (Pest Management

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Warren County Report Win a Seat on the Washington, D.C. Youth Tour 2016 Applications Now Available When Richard Vo, a senior at Warren County High School, applied for the Washington Youth Tour in 2015, he had no idea how much the experience would change his life. In just a few days Richard was able to meet people and see places he says he otherwise wouldn’t have been able to experience. If you are a high school junior, whose parent or guardian is a member of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC), you could be next. Apply before March 7 to win a seat on the 2016 Washington, D.C. Youth Tour.

To participate, students must be a high school junior with a parent or guardian who is a member-owner of REC. Completed applications must contain a sample letter to an elected

official. Applications are available through the students’ high school guidance department, at any REC office or online at www.myrec.coop/ youthtour Final selection of students to attend the 2016 Washington, D.C. Youth Tour will be made by a committee who will review all students’ applications, essays and supporting documents. Submit completed applications by email to community@ myrec.coop, at one of REC’s offices, or mail postmarked by March 7. Additional information about the Youth Tour program can be found by contacting Brian Wolfe, REC’s public relations specialist, at 1-800-552-3904, ext. 5914 or bwolfe@myrec.coop.

“Many had said the week would be one of the best I would experience, and I have to say, they were right,” said Richard. “The memories I shared with the amount of great people I met will last a lifetime. Without Youth Tour, I may not have met many of these people.”

The opportunity to join an elite group of students from all across America could be yours. Seven high school juniors will be selected to attend an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. from June 12 to 16. As

part of the experience students meet over 1,600 of their peers from around the country and together they tour historical and cultural locations and meet with their congressional representatives.

“To all future students, I am envious of you,” added Richard. “I wish I could do the Youth Tour all over again! Not only for the fun, but for the people and the interesting knowledge I gained.”

Rappahannock Electric Cooperative CEO Receives National Recognition

Kent D. Farmer, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s (REC) president and CEO, recently received the 2016 J.C. Brown CEO Communication Leadership Award from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).

Farmer was honored in January during the CEO Close-Up, a leadership conference for chief executives in the electric cooperative industry.

The award, presented by NRECA interim-CEO Jeffrey Connor, recognizes a CEO who advances communication in the electric cooperative industry.

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“Effective communication with our member-owners is essential to the success of our cooperatives. The professional employees of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative understand and demonstrate that in their work. And it’s because of their efforts that we are able to receive this type of award. I am proud that REC’s efforts have earned me this distinguished recognition, but all of the credit goes to the employees at REC who do such a great job.”

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He has taken the co-op message to public meetings across the territory, with a special emphasis on education. Farmer has been influential with incorporating the co-op business model into college-level curriculum and in the development of new industry-focused trainings in rural areas.

The J.C. Brown award memorializes the late J.C. Brown, who – as editor and publisher of NRECA’s RE Magazine – is best remembered for his dedication to communication as a vital link connecting electric cooperatives with each other as well as with their consumer-owners. The panel of five judges consisted of communication and management experts in academia, business and industry, including electric co-ops.

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association is the national service organization that represents the nation’s more than 900 private, not-for-profit, consumer-owned electric cooperatives, which provide service to 42 million people in 47 states.

Community Non-Profit Cemetery Needs Your Help We are seeking volunteers to serve on Prospect Hill Cemetery Board of Directors. Need Board members willing & able to provide their time, talents, skills, energy, interest, expe-

rience, & ideas to leading the cemetery into the future. Board members & their families receive no compensation or other financial benefit from their Board participation.

Address applications to Prospect Hill Cemetery, P.O. Box 83, Front Royal, VA. Application forms can be obtained by calling (540) 635-5468 or pickup at cemetery office (200 W. Prospect St.). Application can also be made by submitting contact information (name, phone number, home & email addresses) with a statement summarizing why the applicant is interested in serving on the Board and what skills, interests, talents, etc. he/she brings to the Board. Applications accepted on rolling basis; receipt prior to Feb. 8th appreciated.

Family Friendly Theater Do you enjoy the fantasy worlds of C. S. Lewis & George McDonald?

Do you like theater? Eirenei Players invites you (performers, artists, & other creative sorts; sewers, painters, & other “doer” sorts; managers, coordinators, & other “people” sorts; intercessors & other encouragers, etc.) to join us for our 2016 season of family-friendly theater. All ages, talents, & skill levels welcome (but our biggest need is performers ages 16-29). Interest meetings will be held Wednesday, January 27th, from 6-7:30 p.m. & Saturday, January 30th, from 3:00-4:30 p.m. at Samuels Public Library in Front Royal (Meeting Room B).

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LFCC Holds Super FAFSA Event on College Financial Assistance Do you need financial assistance in order to attend college? Join other college-bound students and their parents at Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC) for Super FAFSA Day on February 6th, formerly called Super Saturday. Offered for the eleventh year in the Shenandoah Valley, Super FAFSA Day is sponsored by the Virginia Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (VASFAA) and hosted at LFCC’s Middletown Campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Super FAFSA is designed to educate individuals about the financial aid process and assist with the completion of the 2016-17 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. Super FAFSA Day will take place on February 6, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in room 140 in Fairfax Hall, located at 173 Skirmisher Lane in Middletown, VA. Individuals interested in completing the FAFSA form online with the assistance of financial aid professionals must bring the following items: * your and a parent’s FSA ID, if you are a dependent student. Register as soon as possible for the FSA ID at https://fsaid.ed.gov * Your Social Security number * Your driver’s license (if any) * Your 2015 W-2 forms and other records of money earned * Your (and your spouse’s, if you are married) 2015 Federal Income Tax Return – IRS Form 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, 1040Telefile, foreign tax return or tax return for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Marshall Islands or the Federated States of Micronesia * Your parent’s 2015 Federal Income Tax Return (if you are a dependent student) * Your family’s 2015 untaxed income records (Social Security, temporary assistance to needy families, welfare, food stamps, child support, or veterans benefits records) * Your family’s current bank statements * Your family’s current business and investment mortgage information, business and farm records, stock, bonds and other investment records * Your alien registration card (if you are not a U.S. Citizen) For more information about Super FAFSA or the financial aid process at LFCC, contact Karen Goulbourne at kgoulbourne@lfcc.edu or (540) 8687153.

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Youth Services Department Programs in February Monday, February 1: Winter Reading Club begins. 2016 Cozy Up and Read Winter Reading Club: Win prizes and books just for reading one book a week, or listening to books if you are a pre-reader! Preregistration starts on January 25th.

Tuesday, February 2: 11:00 Time for Baby. What do books, scarves, puppets, music, babies have in common? They are all part of Time for Baby. Join us as we use all of our senses to explore the world around us. Meet with your baby up to two years of age. Siblings welcome.

4:30 Big Kids Story time for Kindergarten and up. A STEM program about real people who have made scientific advances.

Wednesday, February 3: 10:15 Toddler Story time. Healthy Teeth make for a happy mouth! Please join Front Royal Dental Care for a wonderful story time about caring for your teeth! Siblings welcome.

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Thursday, February 4: 10:15 Toddler Story time. Healthy teeth make for a happy mouth! Please join Front Royal Dental Care for a wonderful story time about caring for your teeth! Siblings welcome.

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Saturday, February 6: 10:10 Books and Barks. Come to our extremely popular monthly program that gives developing readers the chance to read and relax with a trained therapy dog. For beginning readers and up. Registration begins January 9.

Tuesday, February 9: 4:30 Big Kids Story time. Valentine’s Day themed story time.

Wednesday, February 10: 10:15 Toddler Story time. Warm your heart with a selection of stories and songs all about the friendship and love celebrated on Valentine’s Day! Siblings welcome.

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Thursday, February 1: 10:15 Toddler Story time. Warm your heart with a selection of stories and songs all about the friendship and love celebrated on Valentine’s Day! Siblings welcome.

11:00 Preschool Story time. Warm your heart with a selection of stories and songs all about the friendship and love celebrated on Valentine’s Day! Siblings welcome.

Tuesday, February 23: 4:30 Big Kids Story time. Do you like foxes? Learn about these important animals while enjoying fun stories and a super cool craft!

Wednesday, February 24: 10:15 Toddler Story time. Do you have favorite stories? We do! Please join us for a potpourri of Librarian’s Favorites! Siblings welcome.

11:00 Preschool Story time. Do you have favorite stories? We do! Please join us for a potpourri of Librarian’s Favorites! Siblings welcome.

Thursday, February 25: 10:15 Toddler Story time. Do you have favorite stories? We do! Please join us for a potpourri of Librarian’s Favorites! Siblings welcome.

11:00 Preschool Story time. Do you have favorite stories? We do! Please join us for a potpourri of Librarian’s Favorites! Siblings welcome.

Saturday, February 27: 2:00 Children’s Writing Workshop.

Do you like to write? Are you aged 6 and up? If so, please bring something you have written and share! Enjoy writing exercises, special readings and the comradery of new friends.

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you’re new to computers or someone with intermediate skills wanting to increase your computer skills and knowledge, this club is for you. Not just a class or a support group, each week we will come together to help each other answer computer questions while becoming more computer savvy in a fun and supportive environment. Each meeting will typically feature a topic of interest, a time to share questions and answers, followed by free time to explore and play on the computer. Come join us – you too can be a computer user, not a computer loser! Classes will be every Wednesday at 1:00 P.M. TnT Book Club: attend the TnT (Twenties and Thirties) Book Club!

On Saturday, February 6th at 12 P.M. the book The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank will be discussed. Best friends since the first day of classes at The College of Charleston, Ashley Anne Waters and Mary Beth Smythe, now 23 years old, live in Ashley’s parents’ beach house rent-free. Ashley is a gallery assistant who aspires to become an artist. Mary Beth, a gifted cook from Tennessee, works for a caterer while searching for a good teaching job. Sipping wine on the porch and watching a bloodred sunset, Ashley and Mary Beth hit on a brilliant and lucrative idea.

With a new coat of paint, the first floor would be a perfect place for soirees for paying guests. Knowing her parents would be horrified at the idea of common strangers trampling through their home, Ashley won’t tell them. Besides, Clayton and Liz Waters have enough problems of their own. A successful investment banker, Clayton is too often found in his pied-à-terre in Manhattan—which Liz is sure he uses to have an affair.

And when will Ashley and her brother, Ivy, a gay man with a very wealthy and very Asian life partner—ever grow up? Then there is Maisie, Liz’s mother, the family matriarch who has just turned eighty, who never lets Liz forget that she’s not her perfect dead sister, Juliet. For these low

country women, an emotional hurricane is about to blow through their lives, wreaking havoc that will test them in unexpected ways, ultimately transforming the bonds they share.

Valentine Workshop: Scented Sachets & Old Fashioned Valentines: make scented sachets and old-fashioned valentines for the ones you love on February 6th at 10 A.M. This is an adult craft but children accompanied by a responsible caregiver are always welcome. Registration required.

The Shenandoah Valley Civil War Era Dancers: join us in learning early American period dancing! The dances include line, circle, square sets and waltzes. The dance class will be on Thursday, February 11th, music starts at 5:00 P.M. and dancing starts at 6:00 P.M. No prior experience is necessary. Young folks and those with two left feet are most welcome!

Exploring the Night Sky: Late Winter and Early Spring: join Dane Toler, member of the Shenandoah Astronomical Society, to learn what you can see in the sky, how to star hop from one constellation to another and find out about upcoming astronomical events on Tuesday, February 16th at 6:30 P.M. This program will be indoors followed by viewing through telescope, weather permitting.

Books and Beyond Book Club: attend the Books and Beyond Book Club! On Wednesday, February 17th at 10:00 A.M., The Hundred-YearOld Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson will be discussed.

Third Tech Thursday: Connecting with the Ones You Love: attend the Third Tech Thursday computer class.

Learn about alternative ways to connect with your loved ones. There are tons of free and cheap apps and programs available such as WhatsApp, Skype and Google Hangouts! Come out on Thursday, February 18th at 6 P.M. to find out more information.

Vibes at the Libes: Smooth Grooves: enjoy a free lunch time performance.

Join us for a special musical lunch break with musician Kurt Schlesing-

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The Gondolas of the Shenandoah River: join guest speaker, Patrick Farris for a presentation on the history of the pre-Civil War gondolas that plied the Shenandoah River. Mr. Farris will share information on current efforts to build a replica of the gondolas today. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Shenandoah River State Park on Thursday, February 25th at 6 P.M. Winter Reading Club Samuels Public Library will once again hold a Winter Reading Club for area children and teens. From February 1 – March 2, all area children are invited to join our Winter Reading Club and “Cozy Up and Read.”

Pre-registration will begin on January 25. Book logging and prizes will begin February 1.

“Studies have proven that there is a direct correlation between reading and higher grades in math and science,” said Youth Services Supervisor Michal Ashby, “So we are urging all children and teens to ‘read, read, read!’ Children that have not yet learned to read will benefit immensely from being read to. Not only does this foster literacy, but creates a steadfast bond between parent and child.”

Samuels Library will provide a book bag filled with bookmarks, reading logs, stickers and other incentives to each child, featuring a cozy, winter theme, and parents will be given literature to help promote literacy for their children. As children complete their reading goals each week, they will be rewarded with books and prizes.

The library is located at 330 East Criser Road in Front Royal. Questions about Samuels Library and its programs can be answered by visiting www.samuelslibrary.net or by calling (540) 635-3153.

Virginia State Parks celebrates 80th anniversary with new Customer Loyalty Program, more offerings The year-long 80th anniversary celebration of Virginia State Parks kicks off with a new customer loyalty program and more workshops and activities for visitors.

The Customer Loyalty Program will reward visitors who stay overnight in cabins, lodges, campsites, yurts, camping cabins and camping lodges. Points can be redeemed for free accommodations.

“It is appropriate that as we celebrate our 80th anniversary of Virginia State Parks, we launch a program that rewards our customers and assists them in their pursuit of creating moments and memories in Virginia State Parks,” said Virginia State Parks Director Craig Seaver. Program details can be found here: http://bit. ly/VSPloyalty.

To launch the new program, customers who sign up during January will receive 50,000 bonus points added to their accounts in February.

Customers can sign up online while making a reservation or by calling the Customer Service Center at 800933-7275. Customers with existing reservations will receive credit after registering and after the stay. Also in 2016, visitors will have more workshops, activities and ranger-led interpretative programs.

In 2015, more than 456,000 visitors participated in programs as varied as guided hikes, kayaking, stargazing, wilderness survival skills, and plant and wildlife education programs.

Participation in 2015 was an increase of 22 percent over 2014.

“We’ve offered more programs that tell the stories of our parks in unique

and entertaining ways, and we’ve been able to educate more visitors than ever before,” Seaver said. “As a result, in 2016, we intend to provide additional programs and new programs to enhance the visitor experience.”

Virginia State Parks are managed by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. For more information about Virginia State Parks activities and amenities or to make a reservation for one of the more than 1,800 campsites or 300 climate-controlled cabins, call the Virginia State Parks Customer Care Center at 800-933-7275 or visit www. virginiastateparks.gov.

R-MA STEM presentation Randolph-Macon Academy (RMA) in Front Royal invites the local community to attend a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) presentation, “From Pixels to People” on February 9, 2016 from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Dr. Peter Leimgruber, scientist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, will talk about how geospatial analysis technology, such as GPS and computer modeling, can be used to conserve endangered species and wildlife. The presentation will take place in Boggs Chapel on the R-MA campus. For more information, call (540) 636-5482 or email cbrooks@ rma.edu.

Warren County Fire Fatality In the early morning hours of Friday, January 15, 2016, the Department of Fire and Rescue Services responded to 213 Marian Lane in the Bentonville area of Warren County, for an EMS response for a reported burn injury. Deputies from the Warren County Sheriff ’s Office arrived on the scene quickly followed by EMS units.

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Late January, 2016 • Warren & Frederick County Report • Page 25 body. The patient was quickly treated for his injuries and transported to University of Virginia Medical Center via medevac helicopter.

On Saturday, January 16, the patient, Mr. Bruce Roberts succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead by hospital staff. The official cause of death will be determined by the Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Investigators from the Warren County Fire Marshal’s Office and the Warren County Sheriff ’s Office have determined that Mr. Roberts accidental lit his clothing and hair on fire while attempting to light a cigarette.

Investigators have also determined that the victim was impaired by alcohol and his prescribed medications at the time of the incident.

Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the Fire Marshal’s Office, Investigator Raymond Cross at (540) 636-3830.

2016 Point in time Homeless Count On January 27, 2016, the Western Virginia Continuum of Care (CoC) and volunteers will conduct the annual Point-In-Time homeless count.

In the northern region of the CoC, the survey will include Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, and Warren Counties as well as Winchester City.

The count will be held in the community at locations that provide community meals and shelter for those in need. The groups will be seeking

out persons who are unsheltered (in cars, abandoned buildings, camping) and staying in homeless shelters in the area. In 2015, the Point-InTime identified 84 individuals and 24 persons in families with children throughout the area. There were four people identified as veterans.

The Point-In-Time Homeless Count is a requirement of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help assess homeless trends across the United States and identify funding need throughout the state. The local survey information is used by area hospitals, shelters, non-profits, churches, planning commissions and government to understand the changing needs of the homeless population. Personal information obtained during this process will remain confidential.

AIDS Response Effort, Choices of Page County, Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission and Shenandoah Alliance for Shelter are area planning partners providing staff coordination and resources for the count. Churches and volunteers have assembled personal care bags that will be handed out to the homeless.

Further information about the Point-In-Time is available on our website: www.continuumofcare513. com. If you are interested in donating hygiene items for personal care bags, or if you would like to volunteer, please contact Laura Wine at (540) 908-0415. The count lasts all day from 8am until 11pm.

Page 26 • Warren & Frederick County Report • Late January, 2016 Lawmaker Asks Governor to Delay Revoking Gun Permits

By Rachel Beatrice Capital News Service RICHMOND – A Republican state legislator is urging Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe to delay the revocation of reciprocal agreements Virginia has with 25 states on whether to honor their concealed handgun carry permits.

Del. L. Scott Lingamfelter of Woodbridge made the request in a letter this week to McAuliffe.

“Given the fact that the State Police has told me that they have no records of any out-of-state individual with a concealed carry permit committing crimes in Virginia, I think a few months’ delay hardly represents a threat to our citizens,” Lingamfelter said.

His letter comes a month after Attorney General Mark Herring announced that beginning Feb. 1, Virginia would no longer recognize concealed handgun permits from 25 states, including North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky.

Herring, a Democrat, said an audit showed that those states did not meet Virginia’s standards for issuing concealed carry permits.

“To ensure Virginia’s law and safety standards for concealed handgun permits are applied evenly, consistently and fairly, I have recommended the State Police terminate the reciprocity agreements with 25 states whose laws are not adequate to prevent issuance of a concealed handgun permit to individuals that Virginia would disqualify,” Herring said in a statement on Dec. 22.

“The State Police has accepted that recommendation and has begun sending letters to the 25 states informing them that as of Feb. 1, their permits will no longer be recognized

by Virginia.”

In his letter, Lingamfelter suggested that the revocation be put on hold until July 1. He said the five-month delay would give the General Assembly time to address the issue.

If implementation of Herring’s decision is not delayed, Lingamfelter said, there could be a domino effect.

“Just last week, we learned that our neighbor Tennessee has initiated a legislative process to revoke the reciprocity it has with Virginia as a result of our pending revocation of the agreement we have with Tennessee,” Lingamfelter said.

“Other states will surely follow as their legislatures take note of the action taken by the Virginia State Police and the Office of the Attorney General.”

In a press release, Lingamfelter said Herring’s decision “impacts the legal right of over 420,000 Virginians who possess a concealed carry permit to have a concealed weapon when they travel to other states.”

“This revocation action is very hurtful to law abiding citizens who possess a valid concealed carry permit and desire to travel to other states who recognize Virginia’s permit. The

action by the State Police and the Attorney General damages the ability of Virginians to protect themselves.”

Lingamfelter represents House District 31, which includes parts of Fauquier and Prince William counties. He said he hopes McAuliffe will respond to the letter next week.

McAuliffe has said he supports Herring’s decision. On radio station WTOP’s “Ask the Governor” program on Dec. 23, he said the 25 states whose permits will no longer be recognized in Virginia have lower standards than Virginia for who can carry a concealed handgun.

“There are states that don’t have the disqualifiers that we have on undocumented folks who are in this country, on spousal/domestic abuse,” the governor said.

Here’s a Bill Beer Drinkers Might Celebrate

By Diana DiGangi Capital News Service RICHMOND – Do you have an expensive bottle of wine you’ve been holding onto – one that you’d love to uncork at your favorite restaurant on a special occasion? What about a special case of beer or cider?

In 2011, the General Assembly passed a law allowing Virginians to bring a bottle of wine into a restaurant and have it uncorked to be served with their meal, usually for a fee at the restaurateur’s discretion.

Now legislators are considering a bill to expand the corkage law to beer and cider.

“Beer seems to be the new thing if you will, and cider is the excitement of what the future will bring,” said the bill’s sponsor, Del. David Yancey, R-Newport News. “Virginia is in a great position because we have outstanding apples, and we’ve got young people that are really excited about the possibilities that beer has.”

His measure, House Bill 706, was approved 7-0 last week by a subcommittee of the House General Laws Committee. The full committee will now consider it.

When the corkage law was initially proposed five years ago, it was opposed by the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging and Travel Association. The association raised concerns that restaurants would face pressure from patrons to offer corkage, as has happened in other states.

The group’s fears did not come to pass in Virginia after the 2011 legislation, sponsored by Sen. Jeffrey McWaters, R-Virginia Beach, took effect. Instead, the issue with the state’s corkage law seems to be a lack of awareness that it exists.

“What we’ve seen since the Virginia legislation was passed is that there really are only a small number of people that take advantage of the ability to bring their own wines into a restaurant,” said lobbyist Thomas Lisk, who represents the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging and Travel Association and helped shape the 2011 law.

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VIRGINIA Virginia seemed to agree. Some were not aware of the law. Most offered a small corkage fee but said they don’t have many customers requesting the service.

“We usually charge the price of whatever the cheapest bottle of wine is on our list – like 20 bucks,” said Bruce Rowland, co-owner of Rowland Fine Dining in Richmond.

“For me, corkage law is such a nonissue because it’s so rare that someone does bring in their own wine. But I’d certainly want to charge corkage for beer and cider as well, because I’ve got beer and cider and I want to sell them.”

Yancey said he had not seen an ambivalence regarding corkage. He said his bill was inspired by the booming craft brewing industry in Virginia and the potential for growth in the cider industry.

“The appreciation for well-made beer, for many people, is the equivalent of the appreciation people have for well-made wines,” Yancey said.

Lisk expressed doubts that the bill would be a net gain for small brewers in Virginia.

“I don’t speak for them, but from the brewery perspective, I’m not sure how advantageous it would be,” he said. “Frankly, we’re seeing so many of the craft breweries – particularly Virginia craft breweries – with their beers on tap in lots of restaurants and really squeezing out a lot of the major brewers.”

GOP Lawmakers Seek Crackdown on Domestic Abuse

By Brian Williams Capital News Service RICHMOND – Legislators want tougher penalties for domestic violence.

Dels. Rob Bell of Albemarle and Todd Gilbert of Shenandoah – both Republicans – said Thursday that their proposals would impose tougher penalties for habitual domestic violence offenders while empowering women with methods that protect them during vulnerable moments.

Bell is sponsoring House Bill 609 and HB 610, which he hopes will deter abusers from committing repeat offenses. The bills would make assault and battery resulting in bodily injury and stalking of a person protected by a protective order a Class 6 felony.

Under the current law in Virginia, when an individual obtains a protective order that is then later violated, the penalty is a Class 1 misdemeanor, which carries a mandatory one-day minimum sentence. A Class 6 felony carries a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months.

“We also want to change the laws for stalking,” Bell said.

“The issue with stalking that makes it hard is, at what point does it become stalking? What we are going to do is allow her (the victim) to tell him (the stalker), ‘I don’t want you to contact me; I don’t want you to follow me.’ ” If an individual continues the behavior after being told to stop, Bell’s proposal would define that as sufficient evidence that the person intended to place the other person in fear.

“This is a comprehensive effort to address the most serious offenders – the offenders who are most likely to represent a threat to the women in the commonwealth. By relegating them to the status of felon, we actually will improve the ability to protect women,” Gilbert said.

Gilbert is proposing a zero-tolerance approach regarding assault and battery against a family or household member. His legislation – HB 765 – would punish first offenders at the same level as individuals with prior convictions.

This bill would directly contest Virginia’s first offender statute for domestic violence. Under this existing law, a judge may find evidence sufficient for a conviction, but the conviction is entered only if the defendant violates the terms of his probation.

“Having this be the standard disposition, which is what it has become in most courts in the commonwealth, is just wrong,” said Gilbert, a former prosecutor.

Gilbert also is sponsoring HB 768, which would provide funding for firearms safety or training courses for victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, stalking and family abuse.

The bill would allow the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, using the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund, to reimburse entities that offers such training for free to abuse victims.

“But we will see what the governor does. This one is where we might be able to get a consensus,” Bell said.

Gilbert ended by saying, “We wouldn’t be doing this if this wasn’t a serious effort with funding to back it up.”

Senate Panel OKs Bill Legalizing Fireworks Sales

By Matt Chaney Capital News Service RICHMOND – Despite concerns about fire safety, a Senate committee has recommended approval of a bill to legalize the sale of fireworks in Virginia.

The Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology voted 8-5 in favor of the legislation proposed by one of its members, Sen. Thomas Garrett,

R-Hadensville. He said the bill could generate millions of dollars in sales taxes on a product he says is used illegally throughout the state anyway.

“Indiana opened the sale of consumer-grade fireworks, and in one year they created an $80 million impact on state revenue. They created about 2,000 full-time jobs, and they created about 8,000 seasonal jobs,” Garrett said during the committee’s meeting on Monday.

“Virginia is a bigger economy” than Indiana and could benefit even more, he said.

Garrett said his proposal – Senate Bill 208 – would also allow local governments in Virginia to decide for themselves if they want to allow the sale and use and sale of “consumer fireworks,” defined as “small fireworks devices containing restricted amounts of pyrotechnic composition designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion.”

This category includes bottle rockets, Roman candles, air bombs and firecrackers, according to online retailers.

“The reality that no one can deny is we have these consumer-grade fireworks in Virginia already,” Garrett said. “People are already using these in Virginia. Why not bring the jobs and revenue to Virginia as localities decide?” Garrett said.

This is the third consecutive year the bill has come up in the Senate.

The opposition centers on concern for public safety.

“During the past 10 years, 692 fires and 515 fireless explosions have been attributed to fireworks in the state of Virginia, as well as more than $1.5 million in total fire loss,” Melvin D. Carter, executive director of the Virginia Department of Fire Programs, told the committee.

He said the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission found that in 2014, 11 deaths and more than 10,000 injuries occurred as a results of fireworks-related accidents nationwide.

“Nearly half of all injuries were to people younger than 20 years of age,” Carter said.

More than a dozen other representatives of the Virginia Department of Fire Programs attended the meeting.

State Fire Marshall Charles Altizer testified against the bill.

“What we’re proposing to allow will make [fireworks] much more readily available and make us more susceptible to misuse than you currently see … When you look nationwide, it’s still a critical issue,” Altizer said.

“The Consumer Products Safety Commission has said that fireworks are the most dangerous consumer product on the market.”

SB 208 would legalize the sale and possession of consumer fireworks in Virginia unless the local govern-

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Ultimately, eight members of the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology voted in favor of the bill. Besides Garrett, they were Republican Sens. Frank Ruff of Clarksville, Jill Holtzman Vogel of Winchester, Richard Stuart of Montross, Richard Black of Leesburg, Bryce Reeves of Fredericksburg and David Suetterlein of Roanoke, as well as Democratic Sen. George Barker of Alexandria.

Five committee members voted against the bill. They were Democratic Sens. Mamie Locke of Hampton, Adam Ebbin of Alexandria, Jennifer Wexton of Leesburg and Jeremy McPike of Woodbridge, as well as Republican Sen. William DeSteph of Virginia Beach.

Two committee members – Democratic Sens. J. Chapman Petersen of Fairfax and Scott Surovell of Mount Vernon – abstained.

SB 208 is now before the full Senate. If it passes, the bill will move on to the House of Delegates, where similar proposals have stalled the past two years.

Mixed Views about Bills to Increase Alcohol Sales

By Matt Chaney Capital News Service RICHMOND – Virginia restaurant owners have mixed perspectives on legislation that would allow their establishments to sell more alcoholic beverages.

Two Republican lawmakers from Virginia Beach – Sen. Bill DeSteph and Del. Scott Taylor – have proposed changing the 20-year-old requirement that restaurants and caterers with liquor licenses limit their alcohol sales to 55 percent of their total revenue. This means that under the current law, a little less than half of all sales in restaurants must come from food. Wine and beer sales are not considered in this ratio.

The bills proposed by DeSteph and Taylor would raise the maximum percentage of revenue from liquor sales to 75 percent of total sales per restaurant. Many restaurateurs believe they would benefit from such an increase.

“There’s a lot of things out there that people are doing wrong, just so they can stay ahead of that law, so they can maintain their bills as a restaurant or bar or nightclub,” said Johnny Giavos, owner of Richmond mainstays Stella’s and Kuba Kuba as well as the recently opened Continental Westhampton.

“Just let people open a bar and charge them more for the liquor license. Just let them be bars ... The state makes more money, nobody has to fudge their numbers or steal money to make their numbers work, and everybody benefits from it,” Giavos said.

Terrence O’Neill, owner of Penny

Lane Pub in downtown Richmond, agreed.

“I don’t understand why that’s a big deal,” he said. “If you go to other states, they seem to manage fine just having bars … I think it’s time to lower [the required percentage of food sales] again. I think that’s the right move.”

Other interested parties – like the Downtown Business Group, a confederation of hotels, restaurants, retailers and apartments in Richmond – disagree. They feel that such a rule change would cut into profits at other restaurants by opening up a market for businesses to promote cheap alcohol as their main source of revenue.

“They’re trying to fundamentally change the way the entire state of Virginia works from a hospitality standpoint,” said Michael Byrne, director of operations at the Tobacco Company Restaurant and Properties and a leader in the business group. “They’re putting alcohol center stage, because you make more money off of liquor than you do anything else. If all you need to sell is liquor, why would you worry about selling food?”

When asked about the creation of a specific license for bars, as Giavos suggested, Byrne said, “The nightclub-only license is a dangerous license. Look at the places that operate as bars, and you’ll find the highest amount of crime, the highest number of visits from the police department … So it definitely is a public safety issue.”

Other business owners are still on the fence.

“I could go either way. I own a restaurant, not a bar. I have a bar in the restaurant, said Ron Joseph, owner of Strawberry Street Cafe in Richmond’s Fan neighborhood.

He said the legislation “won’t hurt me. It may open up more opportunities for somebody that may want to open up a [music] venue. But I don’t think it will do any more damage than the breweries do to restaurants.”

This is not the first time such legislation has been introduced in the General Assembly. Just last year, when DeSteph was a member of the House, he sponsored an almost identical bill. It failed, largely as a result of lobbying by the Downtown Business Group.

In an interview at the General Assembly this week, DeSteph said he believes the measure has a better chance of passing during the current legislative session.

“Before, there were about eight restaurants opposed to the bill, with three different owners,” he said. “This year, on the other side, we have the Fan Restaurant Group and about 600 different restaurants in support of the bill.”

DeSteph is carrying two proposals – SB 488 and SB 489 – to change the food-beverage ratio for Virginia restaurants. The bills have been assigned to the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services.

Taylor’s bill – HB 219 – has been assigned to Subcommittee 3 of the House Committee on General Laws.

DeSteph said he expects the com-

mittees to take up the legislation in the next week or two.

Founded by Slaves, Church Lets Freedom Ring

By Margaret Carmel Capital News Service On a Sunday morning in the late 1700s, a Williamsburg plantation owner was walking his lands when he heard the sounds of worship coming from a nearby arbor: A group of slaves was holding a Baptist service.

The landowner was so moved by their songs and prayers that he decided to give them use of a carriage house in which to gather.

Now, this congregation is celebrating its 240th anniversary. Known today as First Baptist Church, it is one of the oldest black congregations in the United States and an important part of American history.

First Baptist has been a symbol of African American resilience and deep faith. For February – Black History Month – the church is partnering with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation to share its story with the world.

In particular, First Baptist invites members of the community to ring its newly restored church bell. The church had acquired the massive steel bell in the late 19th century, but it has been inoperable since the days of racial segregation. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has returned the bell to working condition so it can be rung every day in February.

“Bells call people to faith. They send folks forth to do good work in the world,” said Reginald Davis, the pastor of First Baptist Church. “But Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who prayed in our church, also said that freedom rings. A silent bell represents unfinished work of freedom and equality.

This bell, in this sacred and historic church, will be silent no more.”

Davis has led the congregation for the past 12 years. He says the history of First Baptist Church is an essential part of U.S. history.

“We want the American people to know that black history is American history,” Davis said. “You just cannot tease out one part of history and leave the other part out.”

First Baptist Church of Williamsburg had humble beginnings. It started as a group of slaves and free blacks in 1776. Five years later, after the previous preacher left, a slave named Gowan Pamphlet stepped up and began delivering Baptist sermons.

Religion was central to the slave community, said James Ingram, who portrays Pamphlet at the Colonial Williamsburg Museum.

“They realized that the religious teaching of the Bible was different than what they had been told,” Ingram said. “It was through the stories in the Bible that literally became the medicine that could heal their wounded souls.”

The Church of England and other white religious institutions preached that the Bible condoned slavery. But black preachers taught that in their

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“The lashings, beatings and the crucifixion of Jesus were especially important,” Ingram said. “They related to that because that’s what’s happening in their lives every single day.”

Black Baptist congregations were viewed with extra suspicion because they were associated with slave rebellions. According to Linda Rowe, a Colonial Williamsburg historian who has done extensive research on the religious life of colonists, the congregation spent a significant time meeting in wooded areas instead of inside a building.

“In the early 1800s, Gowan Pamphlet’s congregation was still meeting in a secluded area on the outskirts of Williamsburg,” Rowe said. “A local citizen heard the congregation singing and praying. This moved him to offer them a meeting place downtown.”

As the congregation grew, it gathered the resources to build a brick church in 1856. The women’s auxiliary of First Baptist raised the money to purchase a church bell for ringing during services and other special events.

In 1956, First Baptist moved to its current location at 727 Scotland St. But for the past 60 years, the church bell has been inoperable.

“There was a crack in the yoke from which it was suspended and possibly some issues with where it was mounted,” Rowe said. “The rope to pull it was in an out-of-the-way place, so it gradually fell out of disuse.”

Last year, First Baptist reached out to Colonial Williamsburg to restore the bell and highlight the church’s history. The result is the Let Freedom Ring project, in which citizens are invited to proclaim their belief in freedom and equality by ringing the restored bell.

First Baptist Church and Colonial Williamsburg have created a website – www.letfreedomringchallenge.org – for the project. There, visitors can reserve a time to go to the church and ring the historic bell. (Spots are available on weekdays and Saturdays from Feb. 1 through 29.)

After making a reservation to ring the bell, participants are urged to spread the word on social media. Recent tweets include: • #WhyIWillRing for Rosa Parks. It takes courage to change. America needs change.

• #WhyIWillRing – for our first black @Potus President Obama. It took too long to have one but we finally did it.

• #WhyIWillRing because I HAVE A DREAM too!

During its history, First Baptist Church has hosted such civil rights icons as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. The Let Freedom Ring Project allows visitors and community members to recommit to black history and American values, Davis said.

“We invite people from every faith, racial group, economic group, educational group to come here and make that commitment again,” Davis said.

“I believe our issues can be solved,

but we have to make a commitment as a nation that we’re going to correct the wrongs.”

If you are interested in signing up to ring the First Baptist Church Bell during Black History Month, visit www. letfreedomringchallenge.org. Times are available Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the month of February.

Transparency Caucus Urges Open Government

By Kyle Taylor Capital News Service RICHMOND – Two first-term legislators, a Republican and a Democrat, announced the formation of a new bipartisan caucus Monday, one targeted to make the Virginia General Assembly more accessible to the public.

The Virginia Transparency Caucus is the brainchild of Del. Mark Levine, D-Alexandria, and Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Midlothian. They want their colleagues to follow their lead in giving the public access to what happens in legislative committees and subcommittees.

“We have agreed to videotape the entire proceedings for every one of our bills – subcommittees and committees. Our constituents have a right to know what happened with our bills,” Levine said. “To become a member of the Transparency Caucus, you just have to agree to commit to make public your votes in subcommittee and committee hearings.”

Del. Sam Rasoul, D-Roanoke, supports the new caucus. “We’re very proud to continue in that tradition and push for more transparency in the House and throughout the General Assembly.”

At the press conference, Chase voiced her opinion on the Senate rule change that moved the media from the chamber’s floor to the upper gallery, away from lawmakers.

“I don’t have a problem with the press being there on the floor, personally,” she said.

Chase indicated that the policy might be changed.

“There is a discussion going on in (the Republican) caucus right now that is private and confidential,” Chase said. “There are a number of grassroots senators who are OK with the press being on the floor, but we want to have a united front.”

Levine has already made moves to have his staff videotape the subcommittee and committee proceedings involving his bills.

“We’re just doing my bills. If other people want to videotape their bills, that’s completely up to them. Amanda and I obviously encourage them to do that. We want them to join this standard and do that ... but we’re not going to presume to tape other people’s bills,” Levine said.

“For all of my bills, my staff is going to come in, we’re going to take it, we’re going to put it on YouTube …

That’s as accessible to the public as

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Chase said she also will post the videos on Facebook and on her own website.

Del. John Bell, D-Chantilly, also supports the caucus.

“I believe in transparency,” he said.

“My service here will be based on three things: integrity first, service before self and excellent in all we do.

“I believe integrity is absolutely the foundation of good government.

While we may disagree sometimes on issues, I think we all must be transparent in what we do and what we believe.”

Bell said it’s crucial to open legislative panels to people “who can’t always travel to Richmond. It’s critically important. I’m a big believer in transparency. I applaud my colleagues and others who are taking steps towards transparency. It’s just good government.”

Legislators from both sides of the aisle are supporting the Transparency Caucus. They include Democratic Dels. Mark Keam of Vienna and Steve Heretick of Portsmouth and Republican Sen. Thomas Garrett of Hadensville.

“I have reached out to many, many others, and as names come in, I’ll let you know. But obviously, this is the seed. And from the seed, we hope grows a very large oak tree,” Levine said. “Our hope is that 140 people join. But it has to start somewhere, and we’re glad to be that start.”

Garrett said transparency ensures that the government “works for the people, not the other way around.”

Bills Would Ban Disputed Conversion Therapy

By Diana DiGangi Capital News Service RICHMOND – With confidence and high spirits, Democratic lawmakers and gay rights advocates on Monday kicked off their third consecutive year of fighting for an end to conversion therapy for minors in Virginia.

The controversial treatment, also known as reparative therapy, is aimed at turning homosexuals into heterosexuals and is based on the view that homosexuality is a mental disorder.

Conversion therapy is also performed on those questioning their gender identity.

“This is snake oil,” Del. Patrick Hope, D-Arlington, said. “Conversion therapy can’t work, it never has worked, it’s not based on any science whatsoever. The physicians, the medical community – they have told us that. This is damaging to minors, specifically to minors.”

The practice is currently legal in Virginia. It is banned in Washington, D.C., and four states – most recently in New Jersey, with the support of Republican Gov. Chris Christie.

In recent years, conversion therapy has been denounced by several mental health organizations, including the

American Psychiatric Association.

A 2010 study at San Francisco State University concluded that LGBTQ youth who experienced rejection of their identity by their family were on average eight times more likely than other adolescents to attempt suicide.

For the General Assembly’s current session, which began last week, Hope has filed House Bill 427, which would prohibit health care professionals in Virginia “from engaging in conversion therapy with any person under 18 years of age.”

Two similar bills have been filed in the Senate: SB 262, by Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Mount Vernon; and SB 267,

by Democratic Sens. Rosalyn Dance of Petersburg and Donald McEachin of Richmond.

Hope and Surovell held a press conference Monday, saying their bills would protect minors from a therapy that many medical experts see as harmful. The legislators said their goal is to protect children who are not mature enough to choose the treatment for themselves.

“If this were adults that were consciously choosing to go through this kind of therapy, to some extent to me, that’s a little different,” Surovell said. “But this (conversion therapy) is largely applied to children.”

The two Democrats said they hope to reach across the aisle on this issue in the 2016 legislative session.

“If you do support protecting children, there’s no reason this should not pass,” Hope said. “I’m hopeful and cautiously optimistic that this is the year where this law finally passes.”

Speakers at the news conference continually referred to conversion therapy as a form of consumer fraud – the same rationale for making it illegal in New Jersey. Hope called the therapy “fraudulent, a hoax, anticonsumer.” Surovell added, “To me, this is akin to bleeding people to cure them of a fever – to putting leeches on people’s bodies.”

President Obama last year backed the call to end conversion therapy. In response, the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, which supports the practice, released a statement defending conversion therapy.

“No ethical licensed professional would agree to counsel with an adolescent client who was being forced

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“No one is asking or expecting contented gay citizens to change anything. The freedom of a gay teen to choose a therapist that honors his or her goals and values is unchallenged.”

Matthew Shurka would dispute that. Originally from New York, he underwent conversion therapy from age 16 to 21 in four different states, including Virginia, because his father objected to his sexual orientation.

Shurka now travels the country as an advocate for ending conversion therapy. At the press conference, he questioned how much freedom adolescents truly have when it comes to the decision to undergo such treatment.

“Minors who love their parents and trust their parents are being brought to state-licensed doctors who say they can cure them of homosexuality,” Shurka said. “And children then go into it, like myself, and give it their best to cure this, so they can be loved by their family and loved by their community and accepted, which is what every child really wants.”

Shurka, now 26, has stated in interviews that he has forgiven his father for reacting to his homosexuality with conversion therapy. He believes conversion therapists play on parents’ fears.

Banning this type of therapy should not be a partisan issue, Shurka said.

“It’s not about Republicans and Democrats; it’s not about party lines,” he said, “It’s about having workability for an entire population, for an entire state, for all Americans to be able to live together and be safe. Not a single medical curriculum in the country teaches conversion therapy.”

James Parrish, executive director for Equality Virginia, phrased the need for bipartisan cooperation in a more urgent way.

“It’s amazing to me that in year three, we are still talking about this bill,” he said. “Youth who undergo conversion therapy kill themselves.

It’s that simple. Anyone in the General Assembly who says they support child safety or children should support these bills.”

Surovell and Hope said they hope that this will be the year their bills make it into law. Legislation banning the therapy died last year in commit-

tee on a 7-8 vote.

“This is the third year in a row, and in regard to gays and lesbians, hearts and minds are changing on a daily

basis,” Surovell said. “Every year, I see more and more crossover votes on this issue.”

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Mercury outboards; 20 hp $800.00, 10 hp $500.00, Prentice vise “old 108” 6” jaws $1000.00, Helen Jean Smith 1987 framed Edinburg print $400.00, John J Pershing 1927 signed photo to General Passaga $1600.00, Antique Oak Ice box, 3 door org wheels $1200.00; Aluminum Light Poles 12’ tall x 4” od, square anchor, call 540-6602913

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Large ceramic owl, $25.00. Blue canning jars $4 each. Mens size 11 Florsheim shoes, like new, $50. Old Schwinn girls bicycle, needs tires, $50. Call 540-662-9023

Looking for Nail Tech Instructor/ Nail Tech willing to teach. For more info.. visit Star Beauty School Tuesday-Friday 10 am to 6 pm at 2263 Valor Dr. Winchester

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Job Fair Staff Management Group at the Virginia Employment Commission Winchester office. 100 Premier Place, 540 535-2875 Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 from 10-4pm Current Job Openings. Contact the VEC for additional information at 540-722-3420 or 540-535-2875 or Winchester@vec.virginia. gov. Please enter “Employer Services” in the subject line and job number and title when you inquire about the position: Job Number / Title 718336 / Financial Services Advisor 718105 / Landscape Laborer 717754 / Retail Sales Rep 717869 / Factory Leadership 717368 / Financial Advisor 716433 / Cook/Bartender 713421 / Teller - 20 hrs + benefits 713508 / Traffic Control Specialist - Flagger Winchester 713265 / Property Maintenance 712436 / Forklift Operator-Nights 712668 / Production Assembler 712012 / Warehouse Associate 712849 / Ops Admin (Senior)

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Death notices

Joseph Francis “Joe” Ambrogi, 83, passed away peacefully, Jan 18, 2016, in his home, and was welcomed into his heavenly home by his beloved son, Bobby. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Judes Place, Memphis, TN, 38105 or the Blue Ridge Food Bank, P.O. Box 937, Verona, VA 24482.

Mary Margaret Baker Bean, 85, of Middletown, Virginia, died Sunday, January 17, 2016, at Winchester Medical Center.

Memorial contributions may be made in Memory of Mary to Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 75817, Topeka, Kansas, 66675.

Anne Marie Daylor, 86, of Winchester, VA, passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 at her residence. Memorial contributions may be made to Winchester Day Nursery, 133 Lincoln Street, Winchester, Virginia 22601.

James Kevin Sayers, 57, of White Post, Virginia, died January 11, 2016, at his residence. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Bethel Lutheran Church, 2077 North Frederick Pike, Winchester, Virginia, 22603.

Aaron Michael Easter, 35, of Winchester, Virginia, died Wednesday, December 23, 2015, in Marion County, Oregon.

In Lieu of flowers memorial contributions in Aaron’s name may be made to Omps Funeral Home, 1600, Amherst Street, Winchester, Virginia 22601.

Margaret L. Keffer, 77, of Winchester, died Saturday, January 9, 2016 at her home. Memorial contributions may be made to North Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue, 186 Rosenberger Lane, Winchester, VA 22602.

Dorothy Ann Stump, 83, of Winchester died Sunday, December 13, 2015 in Winchester Medical Center. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Jennifer Koller 102 Bristow Manor Lane Stephens City, VA 22655.

Wednesday, January 27 11am - 11:30am Preschool Story Time. Bowman Library. For ages 2-5.

A lively 30-minute program of stories, puppets, dancing and songs.

4:15pm - 4:45pm Spanish with Angela. Bowman Library. Using games, songs, puppets and picture books children and their parents will learn the Spanish language.

4:30pm - 7:30pm Chess. Handley Library. Open chess games. 1-on-1 instruction for new players. At 5:30

PM a lecture is available on Chess Basics and Strategy. Families, adults, kids -- all ages and skill levels – are welcome to come and play. Bring your board or just yourself. This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit http:// www.winchesterchess.com.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30. Early birds at 6:30. Food available for purchase. Door prizes, progressive games, queen of hearts, progressive pull tab, and brand new electronic pull tab games. Find us on Facebook. (540) 636-7152. Must be 12 to play. No smoking.

Thursday, January 28 10:30am - 11am Preschool Story Time. Clarke County Library. Hear great stories and have fun! For ages 3 and up.

10:30am - 11am Toddler Time.

Handley Library. An Early Literacy

program designed specifically for active toddlers, ages 3 and under. This program is a developmentally appropriate transition from our “Baby Time” program to “Preschool Time.”

We are growing readers here! Programs are free and open to the public.

11am - 11:30am Baby Story Time.

Bowman Library. Story time for Infants (birth to 15 months) A program of songs, stories, clapping and tapping.

4pm - 5pm Anti-Litter Council Mtg. Warren County Government Center.

Friday, January 29 10:30am - 11am Dance Party!

Handley Library. Toddlers, Preschoolers, & their grown-ups are welcome to boogie down!

6:30pm - 9:30pm Roundhill Fire & Rescue Fundraiser. RoundHill Fire & Rescue, 769 Roundhill Rd, Winchester. Paint Night Fundraiser.

Please arrive by 6:15 pm to prepare for the event. Must be 13 years of age or older. Artist is Carol Erickson.

Cost is $45.00. For Ticket information contact Sara at (540) 664-8177.

Saturday, January 30 10am – 2pm FOSA/NSVMGA Seed Exchange. Blandy Experimental Farm, Rte 50, Clarke County, 10 miles east of Winchester. Bring seeds, plants, roots, cuttings plus books or magazines to swap with fellow gardeners. For more information contact Elaine Specht at especht@ shentel.net 11am - 12pm Groundhog Day Celebration. Bowman Library. Bowman Bill, the library’s groundhog puppet, leads the celebration as we launch our Winter Reading Program--Snuggle Up With a Book. Joining Bowman Bill is local groundhog Phil who likes to greet his fans and share the true story of groundhog life. The celebration of music, stories, craft, discovering shadows and exploring a groundhog’s den is held in the Children’s Room of Bowman Library. Will Bowman Bill see his shadow? This family program is free with no registration.

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1pm - 2:30pm Family Film. Bowman Library. Family Picnic and Movie event. Families are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch to the show. Popcorn and lemonade will be served. The movie showing is free and sponsored by the Friends of Handley Regional Library. January 30: Shrek.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30. Early birds at 6:30. Food available for purchase. Door prizes, progressive games, queen of hearts, progressive pull tab, and brand new electronic pull tab games. Find us on Facebook. (540) 636-7152. Must be 12 to play. No smoking.

7:30pm - 10pm Bumper Jacksons Show. The Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct. Berryville. $15 adv/$20 door, 12 and under free; http://www. eventbrite.com, More event information at http://barnsofrosehill.org/ event/the-bumper-jacksons-2.

Sunday, January 31 2pm - 3pm Health Education and Empowerment Series: The Power of Prevention Through Early Detection.

Center for Intentional Wellness, 117 W. Boscawen St. Winchester. This class will help you become better informed about the role of naturopathic and functional medicine in determining fundamental causes of illness, and optimal prevention-oriented healthcare practices. We will discuss the role of several important biomarkers in maintaining optimal health (e.g., pH, vitamin C, blood sugar, electrical conductivity) and how imbalances int hese vital signs is reflected in the appearance of red and white blood cells and the condition of your “bioterrain,” or intracellular environment. Practical demonstration featured. (540) 773-4120. $20.00.

Monday, February 1 10:30am - 11am Preschool Story Time. Handley Library. No registration is required. For preschoolers age 3 and up. Programs are free and open to the public.

11am - 11:30am Toddler Story Time. Bowman Library. For those three and under. A program of stories, songs, finger plays, flannel boards and movement.

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4:30pm - 5:30pm Coloring Club.

Handley Library, 100 W Piccadilly St, Winchester. Tweens and teens join us every Monday to color and unwind. Materials provided or BYO. 4:30pm - 5:30pm Lego Club. Bowman Library. Calling all elementary and middle school Lego builders!

Design and construction themes are different each week. Free, no registration required.

5pm - 6pm UFAC Meeting. Front Royal Administration Building, 102 E Main Street, Front Royal.

5:30pm - 6:30pm Coloring Club.

Bowman Library, 871 Tasker Road, Stephens City. Join us for coloring enchanting designs that feature hidden objects and fun mazes. Discover the magic! This program is designed for our tweens and teens, but is fun for the whole family. Coloring sheets and colored pencils are provided. You may bring your own coloring book if

you prefer.

5:30pm - 6:30pm Manga Art. Bowman Library, 871 Tasker Road, Stephens City. Bring your sketch book to create your manga drawings. Get tips from other artists and share your work. For Tweens and Teens.

7pm - 8pm Council Work Session.

Town Administration Building, 102 E. Main St. Tuesday, February 2 10:30am - 11am Baby Story Time.

Handley Library. Bring Infants (birth to 15 months) to enjoy stories, finger plays, and songs. Stay afterwards to socialize and play!

10:30am - 11am Preschool Story Time. Clarke County Library. Hear great stories and fun with Mary!

Clarke For ages 3 and up.

12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays. 95.3 - the River radio station.

Hear the latest tourism-related news and events every Tuesday at 12:30!

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2pm - 3pm Ambassador’s Club.

Chamber Office.

6pm - 6:30pm Twilight Tales. Bowman Library. A family event at Bowman Library. Stories, music, finger plays, movement and a craft.

Wednesday, February 3 8:30am - 9:30am Small Business Committee. Chamber Office.

11am - 11:30am Preschool Story Time. Bowman Library. For ages 2-5.

A lively 30-minute program of stories, puppets, dancing and songs.

12:30pm - 1pm Warren County Business On The River 95.3 3:30pm - 4pm Stories with a Sheriff Handley Library. Hear stories read by our very own Winchester Sheriffs!

All ages are welcome!

4:15pm - 4:45pm Spanish with Angela. Bowman Library. Using games, songs, puppets and picture books children and their parents will learn the Spanish language.

6pm - 7:30pm Bull and Bear Club.

Handley Library, 100 West Piccadilly Street, Winchester. Investment club is free and open to the public.

6pm - 6:30pm Pajama Story Time.

Handley Library. Can’t make it during the day? The whole family is invited to put on pajamas and slippers and join us for bedtime stories. Bring your favorite snuggly.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30. Early birds at 6:30. Food available for purchase. Door prizes, progressive games, queen of hearts, progressive pull tab, and brand new electronic pull tab games. Find us on Facebook. (540) 636-7152. Must be 12 to play. No smoking.

Thursday, February 4 9am - 10am Tourism Committee.

Chamber Office.

10:30am - 11am Preschool Story Time. Clarke County Library. Hear great stories and have fun! For ages 3 and up.

10:30am - 11am Toddler Time.

Handley Library. An Early Literacy program designed specifically for active toddlers, ages 3 and under. This program is a developmentally appropriate transition from our “Baby Time” program to “Preschool Time.”

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11am - 11:30am Baby Story Time.

Bowman Library. Story time for Infants (birth to 15 months) A program of songs, stories, clapping and tapping.

12pm - 1pm Books & Brown Bag. Barns of Rose Hill, Berryville. Bring your lunch and a friend to Barns of Rose Hill for a book discussion. Feb: Pick your Own! Pick a book or story

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Friday, February 5 10:30am - 11am Dance Party!

Handley Library. Toddlers, Preschoolers, & their grown-ups are welcome to boogie down!

1:30pm - 2:30pm Education Committee. Chamber Office.

Saturday, February 6 1pm - 2:30pm Family Film. Bowman Library, 871 Tasker Road, Stephens City. Join us Saturdays at the Bowman Library for a Family Picnic

and Movie event. Families are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch to the show. Popcorn and lemonade will be served. The movie showing is free and sponsored by the Friends of Handley Regional Library. February 6: Charlotte’s Web. 2pm - 4pm Love in the Afternoon - Romance Writer Panel. Handley Library. What’s more addictive than romance? Perhaps romance novels.

They account for a hefty portion of all fiction paperback sales, with many

millions of readers worldwide experiencing the thrills and heartbreaks of these ever-appealing stories. For the aspiring writer, there is ample opportunity to publish in this field. For the reader, one can choose from variety of subgenres including historical, contemporary and paranormal.

Three authors, Meg Adams, Margaret Locke and Laura Butler will take time to talk about their books, the ins and outs of self and traditional publishing, the value of writer’s groups and answer questions from the audience.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30. Early birds at 6:30. Food available for purchase. Door prizes,

progressive games, queen of hearts, progressive pull tab, and brand new electronic pull tab games. Find us on Facebook. (540) 636-7152. Must be 12 to play. No smoking.

Sunday, February 7 2pm - 5pm Open House & Grand Opening Event. Center for Intentional Wellness, 117 S. Boscawen Street, Winchester. Open House. Presentation at 2:30 pm, Refreshments and Door Prizes. First twenty guests to arrive to the event will arrive a free goody bag.

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Humane Society of Warren County

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Monday thru Sunday 10 am to 4 pm - Closed Wednesday • 1245 Progress Drive, Front Royal, VA • 540-635-4734 • humanesocietywc@gmail.com

Westminster Dog Show Raffle to benefit the Humane Society of Warren County: $10 per ticket for a 1 in 199 chance to win $350 cash!!

Each ticket number will be randomly assigned to a dog breed from the Westminster Dog Show. Check your number on the HSWC Facebook page. Watch the dog show February 15th and 16th to see if your breed/number wins! Tickets are available at the animal shelter located at 1245 Progress Drive Front Royal, VA. Winner announced February 17th.

Anna - 1 year old spayed female pit mix. Anna is house trained and knows basic commands. She can be a little shy, but once she gets to know you she is extremely affectionate and loves to play, especially with stuffed toys!

Anna does good with other dogs but can be nervous at first when meeting new dogs. Anna would do best in a home without cats or small children.

Rain - 3 year old spayed female pit mix. Rain is house trained and knows sit, down and come.

She loves to run and play and needs someone who has a lot of time and attention to dedicate to her. She loves to fetch and chase after a ball or go for a nice long walk. Rain does need a home where she can be the only fur baby. She also plays very physically, so would probably be best in a home without young children. She is very lovable and affectionate with everyone she meets and would make a great companion dog.

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Cranberry - 2 year old female pit mix. Cranberry is very affectionate and mild mannered. She does great with children, and our junior volunteers have really enjoyed spending time with her. Cranberry can be a little reactive with other dogs, so we would recommend a dog test with any dogs already in a potential new home. Cranberry came to the shelter as a stray, but we suspect she is house trained as she keeps her kennel very clean. She also knows the sit and down command. Cranberry does need a home without cats.

Bailey - 7 year old spayed female shepherd mix.

Bailey loves to go for long walks and does wonderfully on leash. She is very sweet and loves to be petted, but it has to be on her own terms.

She needs time to get to know new people and does not like certain parts of her body touched. She may also feel threatened when a person is leaning over her. She needs a home with no children and no other animals. Given time and patience, Bailey will make a great companion!

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